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CVE-2015-5470

Published: 2 November 2015

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868
only affected pdns 3.2+ and pdns-recursor 3.5+

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
pdns
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
precise Not vulnerable
(3.0-1.1ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (3.4.5-1)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
wily Not vulnerable
(3.4.5-1)
pdns-recursor
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
precise Not vulnerable
(3.3-2)
trusty
Released (3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (3.7.3-1)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid
Released (3.6.2-2+deb8u2build0.15.04.1)
wily Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(3.7.3-1)