CVE-2018-10851

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10851
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-29 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:33:00 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Authoritative All All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2018-03: Crafted zone record can cause a denial of service — PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2018-04: Crafted answer can cause a denial of service — PowerDNS Recursor documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
1588185 – (CVE-2018-10851) CVE-2018-10851 pdns: Memory leak while parsing malformed records CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501112 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns-recursor
  • 501121 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
  • 690653 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for powerdns-recursor (e9aa0e4c-ea8b-11e8-a5b7-00e04c1ea73d)
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