OpenSUSE Linux update for pdns-recursor



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
CVE-ID CVE-2018-10851
CVE-2018-14626
CVE-2018-14644
CVE-2018-16855
CWE-ID CWE-401
CWE-20
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 PowerDNS Recursor
Server applications / DNS servers

PowerDNS Authoritative
Server applications / DNS servers

Vendor PowerDNS.COM B.V.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU15960

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10851

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can insert a specially crafted record in a zone under his control, send a DNS query for that record, trigger memory leak and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

PowerDNS Recursor: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

PowerDNS Authoritative: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

CPE2.3 External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00050.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU15961

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14626

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to DNSSEC validating clients consider the answer to be bogus until it expires from the packet cache. A remote attacker can craft a DNS query, cause an answer without DNSSEC records to be inserted into the packet cache and be returned to clients asking for DNSSEC records, thus hiding the presence of DNSSEC signatures for a specific qname and qtype.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

PowerDNS Recursor: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

PowerDNS Authoritative: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

CPE2.3 External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00050.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU15962

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14644

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error if the parent zone is signed, and all the authoritative servers for that parent zone answer with FORMERR to a query for at least one of the meta-types. A remote attacker can send a DNS query for a meta-type like OPT, lead to a zone being wrongly cached as failing DNSSEC validation and cause subsequent queries from clients to request DNSSEC validation answered with a ServFail.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

PowerDNS Recursor: 4.0.0 - 4.1.4

CPE2.3 External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00050.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU16147

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16855

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache lookup. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS query and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

PowerDNS Recursor: 4.1.0 - 4.1.7

CPE2.3 External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00050.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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