CVE-2019-10162
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.10, 4.0.8 allowing an authorized user to cause the server to exit by inserting a crafted record in a MASTER type zone under their control. The issue is due to the fact that the Authoritative Server will exit when it runs into a parsing error while looking up the NS/A/AAAA records it is about to use for an outgoing notify.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.5–7.5
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affected products (15)
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references (24)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4470cnnvd
- http://www.powerdns.com/cnnvd
- https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162cnnvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-04.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
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