Is CVE-2018-10851 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-10851 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-10851?

CVE-2018-10851 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-10851?

CVE-2018-10851 has an EPSS score of 6.04% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10851?

Upgrade pdns on debian 11 to 4.1.5-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-10851

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

pdnsDebian

Fixed in:4.1.5-1CVE-2018-10851

pdnsUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

pdns-recursorUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1USN-7203-1

pdns-serverUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

pdns-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Fixed in:4.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7203-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

6.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2018-10851

Markdown

[![CVE-2018-10851](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2018-10851.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2018-10851)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2018-10851"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2018-10851.svg" alt="CVE-2018-10851"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.