VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15094

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM

EPSS probability3.30%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-01-23

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).

Weakness classification

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory