CVE-2015-1868

high
Published 2015-05-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1868

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.4-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
powerdnsauthoritative3.2
powerdnsauthoritative3.3
powerdnsauthoritative3.3.1
powerdnsauthoritative3.3.2
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.0
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.1
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.3
powerdnsrecursor3.5
powerdnsrecursor3.5.1
powerdnsrecursor3.5.2
powerdnsrecursor3.5.3
powerdnsrecursor3.6.0
powerdnsrecursor3.6.1
powerdnsrecursor3.6.2
powerdnsrecursor3.6.3
powerdnsrecursor3.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.