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CVE-2015-5470

Published: Nov 2, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

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[oss-security] 20150710 Re: Follow up: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2015-01

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[oss-security] 20150707 Follow up: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2015-01

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