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CVE-2020-12244
May 19, 2020
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.
Related Resources (11)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PS4ZN5XGENYNFKX7QIIOUCQQHXE37GJF/
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-02.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4691
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12244
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PS4ZN5XGENYNFKX7QIIOUCQQHXE37GJF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMP72NJGKBWR5WEBXAWX5KSLQUDFTG6S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMP72NJGKBWR5WEBXAWX5KSLQUDFTG6S/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-12244
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-12244
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00052.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/3
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
EPSS
Base Score:
0.09