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CVE-2018-14626 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-14626

CVE-2018-14626

MEDIUM5.3

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4

Published Nov 29, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14626

https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-05.html

https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-06.html

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14626

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Resource Exhaustion

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 29, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024