Vulnerability CVE-2015-5230
Published: 2020-01-15

Description:
The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Powerdns -> Authoritative 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/
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