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CVE-2020-12244

An 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.

  • Published: May 19, 2020
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2020-12244
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
powerdns / recursor 4.1.0 4.3.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora 31 31.x
fedoraproject / fedora 32 32.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x
opensuse / backports_sle 15.0-sp1 15.0-sp1.x