CVE-2017-15120

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15120
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has been found in the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2017-08 MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4063-1 pdns-recursor DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2017-08: Crafted CNAME answer can cause a denial of service — PowerDNS Recursor documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
1524930 – (CVE-2017-15120) CVE-2017-15120 pdns-recursor: Crafted CNAME answer can cause a denial of service CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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