Alpine: multiple pdns-recursor packages: security update to 4.0.6-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400782

Description

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

- An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and
including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in
bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter
the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records. (CVE-2017-15090)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400782

Version: Revision 1.22

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 1/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15090

BID: 101982

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