CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
94.8%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-33 (PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PowerDNS Recursor.
Please review the CVE identifiers and PowerDNS blog post referenced below for details.
Impact :
A remote attacker may be able to send specially crafted packets, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof DNS data.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-33.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(80210);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4009", "CVE-2009-4010", "CVE-2012-1193", "CVE-2014-8601");
script_bugtraq_id(37650, 37653, 59348, 71545);
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201412-33");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201412-33 : PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-33
(PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PowerDNS Recursor.
Please review the CVE identifiers and PowerDNS blog post referenced below
for details.
Impact :
A remote attacker may be able to send specially crafted packets,
possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service
condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof DNS data.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
# https://blog.powerdns.com/2014/02/06/related-to-recent-dos-attacks-recursor-configuration-file-guidance/
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e0bd75f6"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-33"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All PowerDNS Recursor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/pdns-recursor-3.6.1-r1'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pdns-recursor");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/23");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"net-dns/pdns-recursor", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.6.1-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.6.1-r1"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PowerDNS Recursor");
}