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.
Published: 2015-05-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3306-1 pdns security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3307-1 pdns-recursor security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1974 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.
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Powerdns Authoritative Recursor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.393Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1868

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-18T15:59:05.823

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1868

cve-icon Redhat

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