In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to     the internal web server is not properly enforced. (CVE-2020-14196)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3855 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3855-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Daniel Leidert     July 01, 2024                                 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : pdns-recursor     Version        : 4.1.11-1+deb10u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2020-14196 CVE-2020-25829     Debian Bug     : 964103 972159

    Brief introduction

    CVE-2020-14196

        The ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly         enforced.

    CVE-2020-25829

        A remote attacker can cause the cached records for a given name to be         updated to the Bogus DNSSEC validation state, instead of their actual         DNSSEC Secure state, via a DNS ANY query. This results in a denial of         service for installation that always validate (dnssec=validate), and         for clients requesting validation when on-demand validation is enabled.

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     4.1.11-1+deb10u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pdns-recursor packages.

    For the detailed security status of pdns-recursor please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pdns-recursor

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to
    the internal web server is not properly enforced. (CVE-2020-14196)

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues :

-pdns-recursorwas updated to 4.1.1 and 4.3.5 :

  - CVE-2020-25829: Fixed a cache pollution related to     DNSSEC validation (boo#1177383)

  - CVE-2020-14196: Fixed an access restriction bypass with     API key and password authentication (boo#1173302).

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2020-14196: Fixed an access restriction bypass with     API key and password authentication (boo#1173302).

PowerDNS Team reports :

CVE-2020-14196: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where the ACL applied to the internal web server via webserver-allow-from is not properly enforced, allowing a remote attacker to send HTTP queries to the internal web server, bypassing the restriction.

In the default configuration the API webserver is not enabled. Only installations using a non-default value for webserver and webserver-address are affected.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
249537	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14196	Nessus	Misc.	medium
201171	Debian dla-3855 : pdns-recursor - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
406258	Alpine: multiple pdns-recursor packages: security update to 4.3.2-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
406258	Alpine: multiple pdns-recursor packages: security update to 4.3.2-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
141530	openSUSE Security Update : pdns-recursor (openSUSE-2020-1687)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
138671	openSUSE Security Update : pdns-recursor (openSUSE-2020-1005)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
138127	FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- access restriction bypass (641cd669-bc37-11ea-babf-6805ca2fa271)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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