UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15120

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15120
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15120.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15120
Related
Published
2018-07-27T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-04-10T13:16:56Z
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 the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.3-1

4.*

4.0.0~alpha1-1
4.0.0~alpha1-2
4.0.0~alpha2-2
4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1
4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.1.1-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.1-2

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1build1
4.0.7-1
4.1.1-1
4.1.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}