Vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor

CVE-2020-25829

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor before 4.1.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.5, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. A remote attacker can cause the cached records for a given name to be updated to the Bogus DNSSEC validation state, instead of their ac…

EPSS: 0.065 (93.0th 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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25829?
CVE-2020-25829 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-25829?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.