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CVE-2015-5470
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-11-02T19:59:09.530 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:10.977

Summary

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

Affected products

powerdns — authoritative

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References

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