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    CVE-2017-15094

    An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).

    Published:Jan 23, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 23, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00005
    CVSS Score:5.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Powerdns
    Product
    Recursor

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS

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