Resource Exhaustion Affecting pdns package, versions <4.1.5-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Dec 2025
- disclosed29 Nov 2018
Introduced: 29 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-14626 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.23 pdns to version 4.1.5-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns package and not the pdns package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.
References
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-05.html
- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-06.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14626
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14626
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14626