CVE-2017-15120
Published: 27 July 2018
An issue has been found in the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
pdns-recursor Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(4.1.1-2)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.1.0-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |