CVE-2015-1868
high
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
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1868
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.4.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.4.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.4.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.4.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.4.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.2 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.3 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.3.1 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.3.2 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.4.0 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.4.1 | |
| powerdns | authoritative | 3.4.3 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.5 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.5.1 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.5.2 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.5.3 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.6.0 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.6.1 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.6.2 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.6.3 | |
| powerdns | recursor | 3.7.1 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1868
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.