CVE-2018-1046

HIGH

PowerDNS pdns < 4.1.2 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in dnsreplay via -ecs-stamp Option

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

pdns before version 4.1.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in dnsreplay. In the dnsreplay tool provided with PowerDNS Authoritative, replaying a specially crafted PCAP file can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution. This buffer overflow only occurs when the -ecs-stamp option of dnsreplay is used.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1046

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0141
EPSS Percentile 69.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
powerdns/pdns < 4.1.2
Published Jul 16, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026