#VU18151 Input validation error in PowerDNS - CVE-2019-3871
Published: April 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18151
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3871
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PowerDNS
PowerDNS
Software vendor:
PowerDNS.COM B.V.
PowerDNS.COM B.V.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing DNS requests in RESTful mode in the HTTP Connector of the Remote backend. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS request to the affected server and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROFI6OTWF4GKONNSNEDUCW6LVSSEBZNF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424