Description
PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-459
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
36
powerdns/recursor
4.5.0 - 4.5.10
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026