Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pdns  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PDNS-625838
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed15 Jan 2020

Introduced: 15 Jan 2020

CVE-2015-5230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns package and not the pdns package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.