CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-36754
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-30
- 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-119
Description
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by sending a specific query (QTYPE 65535) that causes an out-of-bounds exception.
Affected configurations
• powerdns authoritative server (>= 4.5.0 < 4.5.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/index.html Vendor Advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2021-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/index.html Vendor Advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2021-01.html Vendor Advisory