Medium severity · published Oct 2, 2020
CVE-2020-17482
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the…
4.3
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Authoritative · Powerdns
before 4.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17482
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-05.html
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-18
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