SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 81.7%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.7%, 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
81.72% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
powerdns/authoritative · fedoraproject/fedora · powerdns/recursor
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.