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FreeBSD: VID-61D89849-43CB-11EB-ABA5-00A09858FAF5 (CVE-2020-24697): powerdns -- Various issues in GSS-TSIG support

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FreeBSD: VID-61D89849-43CB-11EB-ABA5-00A09858FAF5 (CVE-2020-24697): powerdns -- Various issues in GSS-TSIG support

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/27/2020
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/23/2020
Modified
12/23/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in PowerDNS Authoritative through 4.3.0 when --enable-experimental-gss-tsig is used. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by sending crafted queries with a GSS-TSIG signature.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns

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