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CVE-2018-10851 — PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.11% (top 71.10%)
CWE
CWE-400
Published
2018-11-29T18:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T07:46:47.415Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
The PowerDNS Projectpdns3.3.0 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6
The PowerDNS Projectpdnsrecursor — 3.2 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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