Improper Input Validation Affecting pdns-recursor package, versions <4.1.7-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-PDNSRECURSOR-1556700
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed9 Nov 2018

Introduced: 9 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-14644  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 pdns-recursor to version 4.1.7-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns-recursor package and not the pdns-recursor package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.1.4. A remote attacker sending a DNS query for a meta-type like OPT can lead to a zone being wrongly cached as failing DNSSEC validation. It only arises if the parent zone is signed, and all the authoritative servers for that parent zone answer with FORMERR to a query for at least one of the meta-types. As a result, subsequent queries from clients requesting DNSSEC validation will be answered with a ServFail.