Upstream information

CVE-2015-5230 at MITRE

Description

The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 943078 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • pdns >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-geoip >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-godbc >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-ldap >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-lua >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-mydns >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-mysql >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-postgresql >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-remote >= 4.0.1-1.2
  • pdns-backend-sqlite3 >= 4.0.1-1.2
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA pdns-4.0.1-1.2


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 pdns Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 pdns Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 pdns Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 25 16:22:26 2015
CVE page last modified: Mon Jan 16 16:52:29 2023