Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-14196

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the pdns-recursor package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20pdns-recursor4.3.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14196
Alpine:v3.21pdns-recursor4.3.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14196
Alpine:v3.22pdns-recursor4.3.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14196
Alpine:v3.23pdns-recursor4.3.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14196
Alpine:v3.24pdns-recursor4.3.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14196
Debian:12pdns-recursor4.3.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14196
Debian:13pdns-recursor4.3.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14196
Debian:14pdns-recursor4.3.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14196

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References