CVE-2018-10851
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2018-10851
To remediate CVE-2018-10851, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pdns—upgrade to 4.1.5-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.7-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-10851 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.1.5-1
- from 0, < 4.1.7-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |