Vulnerability CVE-2018-10851
Published: 2018-11-29

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-772

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 
Powerdns -> Recursor 

 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
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