CVE-2020-12244

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12244
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-19 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN response lacking an SOA were not properly validated in SyncRes::processAnswer, allowing an attacker to bypass DNSSEC validation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: pdns-recursor-4.2.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0698-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pdns-recursor-4.3.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.1, 4.2.2. and 4.1.16 released fixing multiple vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4691-1 pdns-recursor DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pdns-recursor-4.3.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: pdns-recursor-4.2.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2020-02: Insufficient validation of DNSSEC signatures — PowerDNS Recursor documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501115 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns-recursor
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