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FreeBSD : powerdns -- Leaking uninitialised memory through crafted zone records (b371db92-fe34-11ea-b90e-6805ca2fa271)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140938

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

PowerDNS Team reports

CVE-2020-17482: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory. Such a user could be a customer inserting data via a control panel, or somebody with access to the REST API.
Crafted records cannot be inserted via AXFR.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d685ad5c

http://www.nessus.org/u?c01c113f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140938

File Name: freebsd_pkg_b371db92fe3411eab90e6805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 9/29/2020

Updated: 2/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17482

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17482