Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201811-21

Severity: Medium
Date : 2018-11-28
CVE-ID : CVE-2018-16855
Package : powerdns-recursor
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-821

Summary

The package powerdns-recursor before version 4.1.8-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.1.8-1.

pacman -Syu “powerdns-recursor>=4.1.8-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.1.8.

Workaround

None.

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor versions from 4.1.0 up to
and including 4.1.7, 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.

Impact

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted query.

References

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.html
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/183
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/e412a949491886c13854587bbd06fa90ceb3a326
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-16855