Resource Management Errors Affecting powerdns package, versions [,3.4.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.72% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POWERDNS-3003889
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5427  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade powerdns to version 3.4.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.

CVSS Scores

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