Out-of-Bounds Affecting powerdns package, versions [,3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.46% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POWERDNS-2371685
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jan 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jan 2010

CVE-2009-4009  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade powerdns to version 3.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1