vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-15120): pdns-recursor vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 27, 2018 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 27, 2018
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jun 26, 2025
Description
An issue has been found in the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
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