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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-10851

CVE-2018-10851

MEDIUM5.3

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3

Published Nov 29, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851

https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10851

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.3/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Resource Exhaustion

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 29, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-10851 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence