Bug 1279377 (CVE-2015-5311) - CVE-2015-5311 pdns: packet parsing bug can lead to crashes (DoS)
Summary: CVE-2015-5311 pdns: packet parsing bug can lead to crashes (DoS)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-5311
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1279492 1279493
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-09 10:20 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-10-21 00:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: PowerDNS 3.4.7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 00:48:29 UTC
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-11-09 10:20:57 UTC
The following flaw was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server:

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

When the PowerDNS Authoritative Server is run inside the guardian (--guardian), or inside a supervisor like supervisord or systemd, it will be automatically restarted, limiting the impact to a somewhat degraded service.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.4.4 - 3.4.6 are affected. No other versions are affected. The PowerDNS Recursor is not affected.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.4.7 contains a fix to this issue.

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-11-09 15:03:10 UTC
Created pdns tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1279492]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1279493]

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2015-11-09 15:03:52 UTC
Upstream patches:

https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2015-03/

External References:

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/

Comment 3 Morten Stevens 2015-11-09 15:26:50 UTC
(In reply to Martin Prpic from comment #1)

> Affects: epel-all [bug 1279493]

Only EPEL-7 is affected.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-11-17 15:50:36 UTC
pdns-3.4.7-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-11-17 18:22:21 UTC
pdns-3.4.7-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-11-20 23:23:58 UTC
pdns-3.4.7-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-11-24 19:57:38 UTC
pdns-3.4.7-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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