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Debian: CVE-2019-3807: pdns-recursor -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-3807: pdns-recursor -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/14/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/14/2019
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor versions 4.1.x before 4.1.9 where records in the answer section of responses received from authoritative servers with the AA flag not set were not properly validated, allowing an attacker to bypass DNSSEC validation.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-pdns-recursor

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