Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting powerdns package, versions [4.0.0,4.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POWERDNS-2371672
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-15090  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade powerdns to version 4.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1