CVE-2019-10203 Integer overflow in pdns

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an integer overflow in the PowerDNS Authoritative daemon during slave notifications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10203?

CVE-2019-10203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat pdns, published on 22 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PowerDNS Authoritative daemon , pdns versions 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.11, exiting when encountering a serial between 2^31 and 2^32-1 while trying to notify a slave leads to DoS.

Weakness: CWE-681

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10203?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Powerdns Authoritative Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10203?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-10203 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10203 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10203, GHSA-8qrj-mmp7-pp63, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10203.

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