CVE catalog
CVE-2017-15120
pdns-recursor: CVE-2017-15120
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 51.35% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue has been found in the parsing of authoritative answers in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.0.8, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when parsing a specially crafted answer containing a CNAME of a different class than IN. An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a denial of service.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | sid | 5.4.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | forky | 5.4.8-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie-security | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm-security | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 3.7.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.0~alpha1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.0~alpha1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.0~alpha2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | sid | 4.1.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | forky | 4.1.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | trixie | 4.1.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | bookworm | 4.1.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Details (4)
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Details (4)
5.2.11-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.11-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.13-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.13-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.0-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
Observed: