7.8

CVE-2015-1868: fedoraproject fedora Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2015-0189UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1868DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1868
Published 18-05-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-1868 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 81.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
48/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
81.72%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

81.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 81.72% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
81.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • pdns< 3.4.4-1
  • pdns-recursor< 3.7.2-1
Mageia2 products
  • pdns< 3.3.2-1.mga4
  • pdns-recursor< 3.6.3-1.mga4
Powerdns2 products
  • authoritative3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.3
  • recursor3.5 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.7.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • pdns< 3.3-2ubuntu0.1
  • pdns-recursor< 3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1
Fedoraproject1 product

5 vendors · 9 products

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