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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : PowerDNS vulnerabilities (USN-7203-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214098

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7203-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214098

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7203-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1046

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-geoip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-mydns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-pipe, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-remote, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-tinydns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-recursor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-bind, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-lmdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-lua2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-backend-opendbx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pdns-ixfrdist

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1046, CVE-2018-10851, CVE-2018-14626, CVE-2018-14644, CVE-2020-17482, CVE-2022-27227

USN: 7203-1