| Name | CVE-2015-1868 |
| Description | The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdns (PTS) | buster | 4.1.6-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4.1-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 4.7.3-2 | fixed | |
| pdns-recursor (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 4.1.11-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4.2-3 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 4.8.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pdns | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| pdns | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| pdns | source | jessie | 3.4.1-4+deb8u1 | |||
| pdns | source | (unstable) | 3.4.4-1 | |||
| pdns-recursor | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| pdns-recursor | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| pdns-recursor | source | jessie | 3.6.2-2+deb8u1 | |||
| pdns-recursor | source | (unstable) | 3.7.2-1 |
[wheezy] - pdns <not-affected> (3.2 and up affected)
[squeeze] - pdns <not-affected> (3.2 and up affected)
[wheezy] - pdns-recursor <not-affected> (3.5 and up affected)
[squeeze] - pdns-recursor <not-affected> (3.5 and up affected)
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/