Improper Input Validation Affecting pdns package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PDNS-550029
  • published20 Mar 2019
  • disclosed21 Mar 2019

Introduced: 20 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-3871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 pdns.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns package and not the pdns package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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