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openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2017-1340)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105230

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for pdns fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2017-15091: An issue has been found in the API component of PowerDNS Authoritative, where some operations that have an impact on the state of the server are still allowed even though the API has been configured as read-only. This missing check allows an attacker with valid API credentials could flush the cache, trigger a zone transfer or send a NOTIFY (boo#1069242).

Solution

Update the affected pdns packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069242

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105230

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1340.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-remote-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-remote, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-geoip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-geoip, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-godbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-godbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15091