CVE-2019-3871
What it is
A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the HTTP Connector of the Remote backend, allowing a remote user to cause a denial of service by making the server connect to an invalid endpoint, or possibly information disclosure by making the server connect to an internal endpoint and somehow extracting meaningful information about the response
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 12.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 12.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 12.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Powerdns Authoritative Server < 4.0.7
- Powerdns Authoritative Server < 4.1.7
- Fedoraproject Fedora 28
- Fedoraproject Fedora 29
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROFI6OTWF4GKONNSNEDUCW6LVSSEBZNF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROFI6OTWF4GKONNSNEDUCW6LVSSEBZNF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424