FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- access restriction bypass (641cd669-bc37-11ea-babf-6805ca2fa271)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138127

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138127

File Name: freebsd_pkg_641cd669bc3711eababf6805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2020

Updated: 7/23/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2020-14196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

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:L/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns-recursor, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14196

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