CVE-2015-5470
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 11%
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.
Products: powerdns authoritative, powerdns recursor
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pdns | 3.4.5-1 |
| Debian 12 | pdns-recursor | 3.7.3-1 |
| Debian 13 | pdns | 3.4.5-1 |
| Debian 13 | pdns-recursor | 3.7.3-1 |
| Debian 14 | pdns | 3.4.5-1 |
| Debian 14 | pdns-recursor | 3.7.3-1 |
| Debian 8 | pdns | 3.4.1-4+deb8u2 |
| Debian 8 | pdns-recursor | 3.6.2-2+deb8u2 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | pdns-recursor | 3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1 |