CVE-2018-10851

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

• CWE-400
• CWE-772

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Nov 29, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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