CVE-2009-4010

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4010
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-08 17:30:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to spoof DNS data via crafted zones.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.8 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.15 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.16 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.17 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.18 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.0 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.0.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.2 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.3 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.4 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.5 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.6 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.7 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.7.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 552285 – CVE-2009-4009 CVE-2009-4010 PowerDNS Recursor: code execution and domain spoofing flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: pdns-recursor-3.1.7.2-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PowerDNS Recursor Spoofing and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS Recursor Remote Cache Poisoning Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for pdns-recursor - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2010-02: PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 3.1.7.1 can be spoofed into accepting bogus data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com
PowerDNS Recursor Unspecified Bug Lets Remote Users Spoof the DNS - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: pdns-recursor-3.1.7.2-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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