CVE-2021-36754

high

Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by sending a specific query (QTYPE 65535) that causes an out-of-bounds exception.

References

https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2021-01.html

https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/index.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/26/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-30

Updated: 2021-08-07

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