CVE-2012-0206: Medium severity powerdns vulnerability

Published Jan 9, 2012
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Updated

commonstartup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 2.9.22.5 and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loop) via a crafted UDP DNS response.

Other sources

http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-announce/2012-January/000151.html says:

---- Tomorrow (Tuesday the 10th of January) at 9AM eastern time, 15:00 Central European Time, we will be releasing an important PowerDNS Security Advisory.

This Advisory contains details of a Denial of Service issue within all currently used versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server.

We will be releasing: A configuration based workaround, which might have a performance penalty

An iptables based workaround

Versions 2.9.22.5 and 3.0.1 of the Authoritative Server As source code Packages (static 32 bit and 64 bit for Debian and RPM based Linux distributions)

A one-line patch that solves the issue for source based users

Complete details of the problem

The denial of service attack is temporary in nature, but can be performed using limited resources. There is no risk of a system compromise because of this attack.

This pre-announcement is made to allow operators to schedule a maintenance window to possibly upgrade or modify their systems.

If you anticipate requiring help upgrading your affected systems, please contact powerdns.support at netherlabs.nl.

Some more details: CVE: CVE-2012-0206 Date: 10th of January 2012

Affects: Most PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions < 3.0.1 (with the exception of 2.9.22.5)

Not affected: No versions of the PowerDNS Recursor ('pdnsrecursor') are affected.

Severity: High Impact: Temporary denial of service Exploit: Proof of concept Risk of system compromise: No Solution: Upgrade to PowerDNS Recursor 2.9.22.5 or 3.0.1 Workaround: Several ----

I think it would be good to upgrade the EPEL package to 2.9.22.5 once it is released tomorrow to protect users of the package from this vulnerability.

Red Hat

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/pdns<2.9.22.6-1.el6
2.9.22.6-1.el6
PowerDNS Authoritative Server<=2.9.22
PowerDNS Authoritative Server=3.0

Event History

Feb 17, 2012
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0206?

CVE-2012-0206 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability.

2

What are the affected versions for CVE-2012-0206?

CVE-2012-0206 affects PowerDNS versions up to 2.9.22 and specifically version 3.0.

3

How do I fix CVE-2012-0206?

To fix CVE-2012-0206, update PowerDNS to version 2.9.22.6-1.el6 or a later version.

4

What types of software are impacted by CVE-2012-0206?

CVE-2012-0206 impacts the PowerDNS authoritative server software.

5

Is CVE-2012-0206 being actively exploited?

There have been no public reports indicating that CVE-2012-0206 is actively being exploited in the wild.

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