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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-pdns | Mar 22, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 21, 2019 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-pdns | Apr 1, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns | Mar 20, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-pdnssuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-geoipsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-godbcsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-ldapsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-luasuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-mydnssuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-mysqlsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-postgresqlsuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-remotesuse-upgrade-pdns-backend-sqlite3 | Apr 3, 2019 | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | no-fix-ubuntu-package | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 21, 2019 |
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