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CVE-2017-15094

N/A

Published: January 23, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorRecursor

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).

Affected

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

Recursor · Powerdns

95%

4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.6

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-401CWE-772

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