CVE-2018-10851

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 v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html	Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-11-29 18:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-10851

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10851

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-10851

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Products Affected

powerdns

recursor
authoritative

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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