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GLSA-202012-19 : PowerDNS Recursor: Denial of service

2020-12-2400:00:00
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23

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.5%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202012-19 (PowerDNS Recursor: Denial of service)

It was discovered that it was possible to update the DNSSEC validation       state to a bogus state for a cached record via DNS ANY query.

Impact :

A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS queries to deny       DNSSEC validation.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-19.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(144600);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/31");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-25829");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202012-19");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202012-19 : PowerDNS Recursor: Denial of service");

  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-202012-19
(PowerDNS Recursor: Denial of service)

    It was discovered that it was possible to update the DNSSEC validation
      state to a bogus state for a cached record via DNS ANY query.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS queries to deny
      DNSSEC validation.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.");
  # https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-07.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3d1ac366");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-19");
  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-4.3.5'");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-25829");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/10/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/12/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/12/24");

  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:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  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 4.3.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.3.5"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PowerDNS Recursor");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
gentoolinuxpdns-recursorp-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pdns-recursor
gentoolinuxcpe:/o:gentoo:linux

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.5%