Improper Input Validation Affecting dnsdist package, versions <1.3.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-DNSDIST-533234
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed26 Nov 2018

Introduced: 26 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-14663  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 dnsdist to version 1.3.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dnsdist package and not the dnsdist package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue has been found in PowerDNS DNSDist before 1.3.3 allowing a remote attacker to craft a DNS query with trailing data such that the addition of a record by dnsdist, for example an OPT record when adding EDNS Client Subnet, might result in the trailing data being smuggled to the backend as a valid record while not seen by dnsdist. This is an issue when dnsdist is deployed as a DNS Firewall and used to filter some records that should not be received by the backend. This issue occurs only when either the 'useClientSubnet' or the experimental 'addXPF' parameters are used when declaring a new backend.