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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-10851
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
Affected Vendor
The PowerDNS Project
View all reports →Affected Software
pdns, pdns-recursor
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3.0 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, 3.2 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 29th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H