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powerdns -- Denial of Service

Affected packages
3.4.4	<=	powerdns	<	3.4.7

Details

VuXML ID	56665ccb-8723-11e5-9b13-14dae9d210b8
Discovery	2015-11-03
Entry	2015-11-09

PowerDNS reports:

A bug was found using afl-fuzz in our packet parsing code. This bug, when exploited, causes an assertion error and consequent termination of the the pdns_server process, causing a Denial of Service.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2015-5311
URL	https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/