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01 Record

CVE-2018-10851

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

02 Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
6.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-11-29 18:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 07:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-05-09
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
  • CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d07873a11f72a448cf695b37e2eb0b5ac9e52fe42c846fcdd7ca96cf02992c1b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The PowerDNS Projectpdns3.3.0 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6—
The PowerDNS Projectpdns-recursor3.2 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • powerdns
    Fixed in 4.1.5-1
  • powerdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.1.5-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • pdns
    Fixed in 4.1.5-1
  • pdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.1.7-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • pdns
    Fixed in 4.1.5-1
  • pdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.1.7-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • pdns
    Fixed in 4.1.5-1
  • pdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.1.7-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • pdns
    Fixed in 4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
  • pdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • pdns
    Fixed in 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
  • pdns-recursor
    Fixed in 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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