SB2023032942 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor



SB2023032942 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor

Published: March 29, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023032942
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26437)

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the code responsible for protection against spoofing attacks. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DNS queries with spoofed IP address to force the PowerDNS Recursor to mark specific authoritative servers as not available, leading to a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.