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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15094 (CVE-2017-15094)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-01-23 15:29 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:44 – Source website

Details

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15094	REPORT
	https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-adviso…	REPORT
	https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2017-07/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15094	REPORT

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CVE-2017-15094 (GCVE-0-2017-15094)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:48

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-401

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1037 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
PowerDNS	PowerDNS Recursor	Affected: from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6

Date Public

2017-11-27 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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