What is CVE-2020-24697?

CVE-2020-24697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-24697?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative

CVE-2020-24697

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.

EPSS: 0.044 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Powerdns Authoritative
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24697?: CVE-2020-24697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Authoritative. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-24697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.