PowerDNS Recursor DNSSEC Signatures Vulnerability (2018-01)
🗓️ 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| powerdns-recursor -- insufficient validation of DNSSEC signatures | 22 Jan 201800:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2018-1000003 | 22 Jan 201818:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| PowerDNS Improper Input Validation Vulnerability | 23 Jan 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2018-1000003 | 22 Jan 201818:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-1000003 | 22 Jan 201818:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2018-1000003 | 22 Jan 201818:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2018-1775 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: pdns-recursor-4.1.3-2.fc27 | 13 Jun 201821:34 | – | fedora | |
| Fedora 27 : pdns-recursor (2018-76c82b393e) | 14 Jun 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- insufficient validation of DNSSEC signatures (24a82876-002e-11e8-9a95-0cc47a02c232) | 24 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140725");
script_version("2025-10-31T05:40:56+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-10-31 05:40:56 +0000 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-01-24 11:29:30 +0700 (Wed, 24 Jan 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-02-06 14:06:00 +0000 (Tue, 06 Feb 2018)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000003");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PowerDNS Recursor DNSSEC Signatures Vulnerability (2018-01)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_powerdns_dns_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("powerdns/recursor/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Improper input validation bugs in DNSSEC validators components in PowerDNS
allow attacker in man-in-the-middle position to deny existence of some data in DNS via packet replay.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PowerDNS Recursor version 4.1.0 only.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.1.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-01.html");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_proto(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "4.1.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.1.1");
security_message(data: report, port: port, proto: proto);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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31 Oct 2025 00:00Current
4.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score4.7
CVSS 33.7
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01287