CVE-2015-5470

high
Published 2015-11-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

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.

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-2015-5470

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.5-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
powerdnsauthoritative{"endIncluding":"3.3.2"}
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.0
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.1
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.2
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.3
powerdnsauthoritative3.4.4
powerdnsrecursor{"endIncluding":"3.6.3"}
powerdnsrecursor3.7.1
powerdnsrecursor3.7.2

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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