{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15094","details":"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).","modified":"2025-09-08T16:44:27Z","published":"2018-01-23T15:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-15094"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15094"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2017-07/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15094"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pdns-recursor","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.7.3-1","4.0.0~alpha1-1","4.0.0~alpha1-2","4.0.0~alpha2-2","4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1","4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"pdns-recursor","binary_version":"4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15094.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}