Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1868
CVE-2015-1868
Description
The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.
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Affected products
23cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.2.x, <3.3.2, <3.4.4
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.5.x, <3.6.3, <3.7.2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/pdns&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 4.0.1-1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.3-1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307nvd
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