CVE-2015-1868

Publication date 18 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pdns 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.3-2ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
pdns-recursor 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Fixed 3.6.2-2+deb8u2build0.15.04.1
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

3.2+ pdns only, 3.5+ recursor only