A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7
Published Mar 21, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 12.63%
Description
A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the HTTP Connector of the Remote backend, allowing a remote user to cause a denial of service by making the server connect to an invalid endpoint, or possibly information disclosure by making the server connect to an internal endpoint and somehow extracting meaningful information about the response
Affected products
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- Version 4.0.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 4.1.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PowerDNS Project | Pdns | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- < 4.0.7
- ≥ 4.1.0 · < 4.1.7
Configuration 2
- 28
- 29
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 12.63% (0.12632) | 96.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 12.63% (0.12632) | 96.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 10.59% (0.10585) | 95.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 12.63% (0.12632) | 95.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 10.59% (0.10585) | 95.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 12.63% (0.12632) | 95.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 10.59% (0.10585) | 95.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 12.63% (0.12632) | 95.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 10.59% (0.10585) | 95.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 12.86% (0.12860) | 95.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00034) | 6.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 88.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01006) | 83.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 79.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 53.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 25.98% (0.25977) | 95.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 14.07% (0.14070) | 89.42th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 14.07% (0.14070) | 89.29th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 3.52% (0.03521) | 82.02th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.52% (0.03521) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROFI6OTWF4GKONNSNEDUCW6LVSSEBZNF/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/8 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Change history (0)
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