CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.9%
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server when the HTTP remote
backend is used in RESTful mode (without post=1 set), allowing a remote user to cause the HTTP backend to connect
to an attacker-specified host instead of the configured one, via a crafted DNS query. This can be used to cause a
denial of service by preventing the remote backend from getting a response, content spoofing if the attacker can
time its own query so that subsequent queries will use an attacker-controlled HTTP server instead of the
configured one, and possibly information disclosure if the Authoritative Server has access to internal servers.
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CPE = 'cpe:/a:powerdns:authoritative_server';
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142146");
script_version("2021-09-06T14:01:33+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-06 14:01:33 +0000 (Mon, 06 Sep 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-03-19 09:39:57 +0100 (Tue, 19 Mar 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-04-05 05:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Apr 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3871");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PowerDNS Authoritative Server RESTful Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("pdns_version.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("powerdns/authoritative_server/installed");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server when the HTTP remote
backend is used in RESTful mode (without post=1 set), allowing a remote user to cause the HTTP backend to connect
to an attacker-specified host instead of the configured one, via a crafted DNS query. This can be used to cause a
denial of service by preventing the remote backend from getting a response, content spoofing if the attacker can
time its own query so that subsequent queries will use an attacker-controlled HTTP server instead of the
configured one, and possibly information disclosure if the Authoritative Server has access to internal servers.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PowerDNS Authoritative up to and including 4.1.6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 4.0.7, 4.1.7 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_proto(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.0.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.0.7");
security_message(data: report, port: port, proto: proto);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.1", test_version2: "4.1.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.1.7");
security_message(data: report, port: port, proto: proto);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.9%