Resource exhaustion in Powerdns Authoritative
CVE-2019-10163
A Vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.9, 4.0.8 allowing a remote, authorized master server to cause a high CPU load or even prevent any further updates to any slave zone by sending a large numb…
EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Powerdns Authoritative — versions 4.1.0
- Powerdns Pdns — versions fixed in 4.1.9, fixed in 4.0.8
- Opensuse Backports — versions sle-15
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10163?
- CVE-2019-10163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-07-30.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10163?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.