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HistoryMay 03, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

PowerDNS Recursor DoS Vulnerability (2024-02)

2024-05-0300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
3
powerdns
recursor
dos
vulnerability
update
denial of service

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

PowerDNS Recursor is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.152142");
  script_version("2024-05-03T15:38:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-05-03 15:38:41 +0000 (Fri, 03 May 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-05-03 05:37:10 +0000 (Fri, 03 May 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-25583");

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

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

  script_name("PowerDNS Recursor DoS Vulnerability (2024-02)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("pdns_version.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("powerdns/recursor/installed");

  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:"A crafted response from an upstream server the recursor has
  been configured to forward-recurse to can cause a Denial of Service in the Recursor. The default
  configuration of the Recursor does not use recursive forwarding and is not affected.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PowerDNS Recursor version 4.8.7 and prior, 4.9.x through 4.9.4
  and 5.0.x through 5.0.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.8.8, 4.9.5, 5.0.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2024-02.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_less(version: version, test_version: "4.8.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.8.8");
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "4.9.0", test_version_up: "4.9.5")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.9.5");
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.0.0", test_version_up: "5.0.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.4");
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%