CVE-2018-10851

low-risk
Published 2018-11-29

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 records that can lead to remote denial of service.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Authoritative

Affected Vendors

Powerdns

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-201...
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04....
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-201...
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04....
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low-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low