CVE-2015-5470
published 2015-11-02CVE-2015-5470: 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…
PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAC
EPSS
11.28%
95.5th percentile
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.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pdns | < pdns 3.4.5-1 (bookworm) | pdns 3.4.5-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | pdns-recursor | < pdns 3.4.5-1 (bookworm) | pdns 3.4.5-1 (bookworm) |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 3.4.5-1 | 3.4.5-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 3.4.5-1 | 3.4.5-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 3.4.5-1 | 3.4.5-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 3.4.5-1 | 3.4.5-1 |
| powerdns | authoritative | <= 3.3.2 | — |
| powerdns | authoritative | — | — |
| powerdns | authoritative | — | — |
| powerdns | authoritative | — | — |
| powerdns | authoritative | — | — |
| powerdns | authoritative | — | — |
| powerdns | recursor | <= 3.6.3 | — |
| powerdns | recursor | — | — |
| powerdns | recursor | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-vh8j-jj36-28wq: The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] GHSA-vh8j-jj36-28wq: The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3
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.
OSV
CVE-2015-5470: The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3
osv·2015-11-02·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470: The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3
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.
Debian
CVE-2015-5470: pdns - The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7....
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470: pdns - The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7....
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.4.5-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.4.5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.4.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.4.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.4.5-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit mess
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
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fedpkg commit m
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix)
bugzilla·2015-07-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix)
CVE-2015-5470 pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix)
It was found that fix for CVE-2015-1868 was incomplete for PowerDNS:
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/
Upstream released updated versions that fix this:
http://blog.powerdns.com/2015/06/09/authoritative-server-3-4-5-3-3-3-and-recursor-3-7-3-3-6-4-released/
Separate CVE has been assigned to this issue:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/85
Discussion:
Created pdns tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1242518]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1242520]
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Created pdns-recursor tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1242519]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1242521]
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We have already the latest updates for Fedo
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
bugzilla·2015-07-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-5470 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
CVE-2015-5470 pdns-recursor: pdns: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix) [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/
2015-11-02
Published