DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16855
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855
Upstream
Published
2018-12-03T14:29:00.257Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:18:33.016628Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855.json"

Debian:12 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855.json"

Debian:13 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855.json"

Debian:14 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16855.json"