CVE-2017-15094

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    CVE-2017-15094

    Published: 23 Jan 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982, https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ba64cecd417688dc39c75e92f1a23b91f7f46d64
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    rec-4.0.6
    rec-4.0.5
    rec-4.0.5-rc2
    rec-4.0.5-rc1
    rec-4.0.4
    rec-4.0.3
    rec-4.0.2
    rec-4.0.1
    rec-4.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High