In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 and PowerDNS Recursor before 4.4.8, 4.5.x before 4.5.8, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1, insufficient validation of an IXFR end condition causes incomplete zone transfers to be handled as successful transfers.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 and PowerDNS     Recursor before 4.4.8, 4.5.x before 4.5.8, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1, insufficient validation of an IXFR end     condition causes incomplete zone transfers to be handled as successful transfers. (CVE-2022-27227)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7203-1 advisory.

    Wei Hao discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server incorrectly handled memory when accessing certain     files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-1046)

    It was discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server and PowerDNS Recursor incorrectly handled memory when     receiving certain remote input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10851)

    Kees Monshouwer discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server and PowerDNS Recursor incorrectly handled     request validation after having cached malformed input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause     denial of service. (CVE-2018-14626)

    Toshifumi Sakaguchi discovered that PowerDNS Recursor incorrectly handled requests after having cached     malformed input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-14644)

    Nathaniel Ferguson discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server incorrectly handled memory when receiving     certain remote input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
    (CVE-2020-17482)

    Nicolas Dehaine and Dmitry Shabanov discovered that PowerDNS Authoritative Server and PowerDNS Recursor     incorrectly handled IXFR requests in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-27227)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0105-1 advisory.

  - In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 and PowerDNS     Recursor before 4.4.8, 4.5.x before 4.5.8, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1, insufficient validation of an IXFR end     condition causes incomplete zone transfers to be handled as successful transfers. (CVE-2022-27227)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
224531	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-27227	Nessus	Misc.	high
214098	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : PowerDNS vulnerabilities (USN-7203-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
159616	openSUSE 15 Security Update : pdns-recursor (openSUSE-SU-2022:0105-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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