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CVE-2015-5470

high · 7.8

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

7.8
CVSS
11.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2015-11-02
Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
powerdnsauthoritative<= 3.3.2
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.0
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.1
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.2
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.3
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.4
powerdnsrecursor<= 3.6.3
powerdnsrecursor3.7.1
powerdnsrecursor3.7.2

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References

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curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2015-5470