What is CVE-2020-17482?

CVE-2020-17482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-17482?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative

CVE-2020-17482

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.

EPSS: 0.026 (83.7th 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:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Powerdns Authoritative
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17482?: CVE-2020-17482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-17482?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.