PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.x < 4.1.8 DoS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.141714");
  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:"2018-11-27 08:54:14 +0700 (Tue, 27 Nov 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:36:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16855");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.x < 4.1.8 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_powerdns_dns_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("powerdns/recursor/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PowerDNS Recursor is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where a remote attacker sending a
DNS query can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read while computing the hash of the query for a packet cache
lookup, possibly leading to a crash.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PowerDNS Recursor versions 4.1.0 through 4.1.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.1.8 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-09.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_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.1.0", test_version2: "4.1.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.1.8");
  security_message(data: report, port: port, proto: proto);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);