CVE-2020-12244

NameCVE-2020-12244
DescriptionAn issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN response lacking an SOA were not properly validated in SyncRes::processAnswer, allowing an attacker to bypass DNSSEC validation.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4691-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pdns-recursor (PTS)bullseye4.4.2-3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.8.8-1fixed
sid, trixie5.1.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pdns-recursorsourcejessie(not affected)
pdns-recursorsourcebuster4.1.11-1+deb10u1DSA-4691-1
pdns-recursorsource(unstable)4.3.1-1

Notes

[jessie] - pdns-recursor <not-affected> (Vulnerable code added later)
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-02.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/3

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