High severity · published Nov 29, 2018
CVE-2018-10851
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…
7.5
CVSS
6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.0% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Authoritative · Powerdns
3.3 through 4.1.4 · source: NVD
RE
Recursor · Powerdns
3.2 through 4.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10851
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10851
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html
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