| Name | CVE-2018-16855 |
| Description | An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before version 4.1.8 where a remote attacker sending a DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup, possibly leading to a crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pdns-recursor (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.6.2-2+deb8u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.11-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4.2-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.8.8-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.1.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - pdns-recursor <not-affected> (Only affects 4.1.x)
[jessie] - pdns-recursor <not-affected> (Only affects 4.1.x)
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.html