# CVE-2015-1868: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor and Authoritative Server via a self-referential name request, leading to CPU consumption or crash.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 May 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1868, GHSA-9r88-88v4-3j6c, MGASA-2015-0189, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1868

## What is CVE-2015-1868?

CVE-2015-1868 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1868?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Powerdns Authoritative, Powerdns Recursor.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1868?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-1868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1868 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1868 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1868/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1868
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1868
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1868

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1868/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.