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01 Record

CVE-2018-14626

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of

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

02 Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of

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
2.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% 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 09:29Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-07-27
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7fa98d398ac6acff76a637607e2244b858f90bd6cb8ce1d8d40cd938f1e2b723

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The PowerDNS Projectpdns4.1.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive—
The PowerDNS Projectpdns-recursor4.0.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive—

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-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.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.