CVE-2015-1868
The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 78.72% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- powerdns/authoritative · fedoraproject/fedora · powerdns/recursor
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 78.7% on 22 October 2026 to 78.7% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.