CVE-2015-5230

HIGH

PowerDNS Authoritative 3.4.0-3.4.5 - Denial of Service via Crafted DNS Query Packets

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3347
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033475

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0902
EPSS Percentile 94.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
powerdns/authoritative 3.4.0 - 3.4.6
Published Jan 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026