CVE-2020-12244

High

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN response lacking an SOA were not properly validated in SyncRes::processAnswer, allowing an attacker to bypass DNSSEC validation.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPowerdns Recursor
PublishedMay 19, 2020
First seenMay 19, 2020

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
powerdns recursor4.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.3.0—
fedoraproject fedora31, 32—
debian debian_linux10.0—
opensuse backports_sle15.0—
opensuse leap15.1—

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