CVE-2017-15091

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15091
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-23 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has been found in the API component of PowerDNS Authoritative 4.x up to and including 4.0.4 and 3.x up to and including 3.4.11, where some operations that have an impact on the state of the server are still allowed even though the API has been configured as read-only via the api-readonly keyword. This missing check allows an attacker with valid API credentials to flush the cache, trigger a zone transfer or send a NOTIFY.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-358

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Authoritative All All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
101982 BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2017-04: Missing check on API operations — PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501118 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
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