PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 DNSSEC Signature Validation Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1000003)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 106487

Synopsis

The remote name server is affected by a spoofing vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of the PowerDNS Recursor listening on the remote host is version 4.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw when handling DNSSEC signature validation of NSEC or NSEC3 records.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Also, Nessus has not checked for the presence of the patch.

Solution

Upgrade to PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.1 or later. Alternatively, apply the patches referenced in the vendor advisories.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?be17e57d

http://www.nessus.org/u?83c91476

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106487

File Name: powerdns_recursor_4_1_1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 2018/01/30

Modified: 2018/07/25

Dependencies: 34043

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSSv2

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSSv3

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:powerdns:powerdns, cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor

Required KB Items: pdns/version_full, pdns/version_source, pdns/type, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2018/01/22

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2018/01/22

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000003