CVE-2019-3871
mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.126 · 96 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the HTTP Connector of the Remote backend, allowing a remote user to cause a denial of service by making the server connect to an invalid endpoint, or possibly information disclosure by making the server connect to an internal endpoint and somehow extracting meaningful information about the response
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (15)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- powerdns authoritative server4.1.0 → 4.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (40)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871cnnvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/cnnvd
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