CVE-2019-10162

Summary

CVECVE-2019-10162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-30 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-02 14:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.10, 4.0.8 allowing an authorized user to cause the server to exit by inserting a crafted record in a MASTER type zone under their control. The issue is due to the fact that the Authoritative Server will exit when it runs into a parsing error while looking up the NS/A/AAAA records it is about to use for an outgoing notify.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative All All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative 4.0.0 - All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative All All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative 4.0.0 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1921-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1904-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2019-04: Denial of service via crafted zone records — PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation MISC doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
1728520 – (CVE-2019-10162) CVE-2019-10162 pdns: denial-of-service via crafted zone records CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.0.8 and 4.1.10 Released | PowerDNS Blog CONFIRM blog.powerdns.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375501 PowerDNS Authoritative Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • 501119 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
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