Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20155470000
Revision Date:2015-11-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-5470 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-5470
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'pdns' package in xenial is not affected (note: '3.4.5-1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'pdns-recursor' package in xenial is not affected (note: '3.7.3-1').
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