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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-pdns-recursoralpine-linux-upgrade-pdns | Dec 5, 2018 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-pdnsdebian-upgrade-pdns-recursor | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdnsfreebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns-recursorfreebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns-recursor40 | Nov 19, 2018 | Nov 19, 2018 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-pdnssuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-geoipsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-godbcsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-ldapsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-luasuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-mydnssuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-mysqlsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-postgresqlsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-remotesuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-sqlite3suse-upgrade-pdns-recursor | Dec 18, 2018 | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-pro-upgrade-pdns-recursorubuntu-pro-upgrade-pdns-serverubuntu-pro-upgrade-pdns-tools | Jan 15, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 |
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