CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5230
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.
Affected configurations
• powerdns authoritative (>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.6)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/ Vendor Advisory