CVE-2017-15094
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.00%
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).
How to fix CVE-2017-15094
To remediate CVE-2017-15094, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pdns-recursor—upgrade to 4.0.7-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-15094 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.7-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |