UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15094

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CVE-2017-15094
Published: 23 Jan 2018, 15:29
Last modified:08 Sept 2025, 16:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jan 2018, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Sept 2025, 16:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•pdns-recursor

    all

References (4)