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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before version 4.1.8 where a remote attacker sending a DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup, possibly leading to a crash.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14pdns-recursor0, 0, 0
Debian:13pdns-recursor0, 0, 0
Debian:12pdns-recursor0, 0, 0
Debian:11pdns-recursor0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 3, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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