CVE-2019-10162

moderate-risk
Published 2019-07-30

A 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.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Powerdns Opensuse

References (10)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html
Release Notes https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1...
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-201...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html
Release Notes https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1...
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162
Vendor Advisory https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-201...
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low