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CVE-2015-5470

N/A
Published: November 2, 2015 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAuthoritativeRecursor

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%

Description

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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