CVE-2019-10162

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPowerdns Authoritative
PublishedJul 30, 2019
First seenJul 30, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • powerdns authoritative4.0.8, 4.1.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
powerdns authoritative4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.8, 4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.10, 4.0.04.0.8, 4.1.10
opensuse leap15.0, 15.1—

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