CVE-2015-5470

no score yetEPSS 11%

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

EPSS: 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-399
Published: 2015-11-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

powerdns:authoritative
powerdns:recursor

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/8

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