Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24696
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the pdns package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in PowerDNS Authoritative through 4.3.0 when --enable-experimental-gss-tsig is used. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a race condition leading to a crash, or possibly arbitrary code execution, by sending crafted queries with a GSS-TSIG signature.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | pdns | 4.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24696 |
| Debian:13 | pdns | 4.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24696 |
| Debian:14 | pdns | 4.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24696 |