CVE-2019-3871

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-3871
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:10:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the HTTP Connector of the Remote backend, allowing a remote user to cause a denial of service by making the server connect to an invalid endpoint, or possibly information disclosure by making the server connect to an internal endpoint and somehow extracting meaningful information about the response

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative Server All All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4424-1 pdns DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1737-1] pdns security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4424-1] pdns security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2019-03: Insufficient validation in the HTTP remote backend — PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation MISC doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - PowerDNS Security Advisory 2019-03 MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: pdns-4.1.7-1.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
1689013 – (CVE-2019-3871) CVE-2019-3871 pdns: insufficient validation of data when building a HTTP request from a DNS query CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: pdns-4.1.7-1.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: pdns-4.1.7-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1128-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
PowerDNS Authoritative Server CVE-2019-3871 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: pdns-4.1.7-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375500 PowerDNS Authoritative Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • 501122 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
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