CVE-2018-16855

high

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before version 4.1.8 where a remote attacker sending a DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup, possibly leading to a crash.

References

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16855

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High