CVE-2020-17482

Summary

CVECVE-2020-17482
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-02 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-01 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-908

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PowerDNS/pdns · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2020-05: Leaking uninitialised memory through crafted zone records — PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS: information disclosure (GLSA 202012-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501123 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
  • 501657 Alpine Linux Security Update for pdns
  • 690544 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for powerdns (b371db92-fe34-11ea-b90e-6805ca2fa271)
  • 750621 OpenSUSE Security Update for pdns (openSUSE-SU-2020:1556-1)
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