What is CVE-2018-14663?

CVE-2018-14663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Dnsdist, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-14663?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Powerdns Dnsdist

CVE-2018-14663

An issue has been found in PowerDNS DNSDist before 1.3.3 allowing a remote attacker to craft a DNS query with trailing data such that the addition of a record by dnsdist, for example an OPT record when adding EDNS Client Subnet, might resu…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.026 (83.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Powerdns Dnsdist
[Unknown] Dnsdist — versions 1.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14663?: CVE-2018-14663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Dnsdist, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-14663?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.