PT-2010-1001 · Powerdns · Powerdns Recursor

Published 2010-01-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-4009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PowerDNS Recursor versions prior to 3.1.7.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets. This is due to a buffer overflow in the PowerDNS Recursor.

Recommendations For PowerDNS Recursor versions prior to 3.1.7.2, update to version 3.1.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the PowerDNS Recursor to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00662

CVE-2009-4009

DSA-1968-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10537-1

Affected Products

Powerdns Recursor

References · 22

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00662 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00217.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37650 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10537-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4009 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00228.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0054 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/508743/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552285 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1868 · Note