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PowerDNS Recursor DoS Vulnerability (2024-02)

🗓️ 03 May 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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PowerDNS Recursor DoS Vulnerability in versions 4.8.7 and prior, 4.9.x through 4.9.4, and 5.0.x through 5.0.3. Update to version 4.8.8, 4.9.5, 5.0.4 or later. Denial of Service vulnerability via crafted response from an upstream server

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# 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);

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03 May 2024 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS37.5
EPSS0.00077
SSVC
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