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CVE-2017-15120

Published: Jul 27, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
51.8%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue has been found in the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

PowerDNS
oss-project·DKaka powerdns recursor, powerdns authoritative, dnsdist
pdns-recursorOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
recursorOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15120
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-08.html
doc.powerdns.com
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4063
debian.org
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