SB20230818194 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for pdns-recursor



SB20230818194 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for pdns-recursor

Published: August 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20230818194
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27227)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of an incoming IXFR transfer. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the server and cause incomplete zone transfer to be handled as successful transfers.


2) Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37428)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect exceptions handling with enabled protobuf logging. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the DNS server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26437)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the code responsible for protection against spoofing attacks. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DNS queries with spoofed IP address to force the PowerDNS Recursor to mark specific authoritative servers as not available, leading to a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.