CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 11.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-5470
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
11.28%
Original NVD 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.