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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144705
Category:General
Title:PowerDNS Authoritative Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2020-05)
Summary:PowerDNS Authoritative Server is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
PowerDNS Authoritative Server is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server where an authorized
user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized
memory. Such a user could be a customer inserting data via a control panel, or somebody with access to the REST
API. Crafted records cannot be inserted via AXFR.

Affected Software/OS:
PowerDNS Authoritative prior to version 4.1.14, version 4.2.x prior to 4.2.3 and
version 4.3.0.

Solution:
Update to version 4.1.14, 4.2.3, 4.3.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-17482
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-18
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns
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