CVE-2018-10851
MEDIUMPowerDNS Authoritative 3.3.0-4.1.4 and Recursor 3.2-4.1.4 - Denial of Service via Malformed Record Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0604
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
powerdns/authoritative
3.3 - 4.1.4
powerdns/recursor
3.2 - 4.1.4
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026