CVE-2015-5470

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.7.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2015-11-02 11:59

Updated : 2015-11-03 18:44

NVD link : CVE-2015-5470

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5470

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

powerdns

authoritative
recursor

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