Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2015-5230

The DNS packet parsing/generation code in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted query packets.

  • Published: Jan 15, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2015-5230
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
powerdns / authoritative 3.4.0 3.4.6
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x