Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27227

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the pdns package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.2% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)5.2%top 7.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 and PowerDNS Recursor before 4.4.8, 4.5.x before 4.5.8, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1, insufficient validation of an IXFR end condition causes incomplete zone transfers to be handled as successful transfers.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20pdns4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.21pdns4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.22pdns4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.23pdns4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.24pdns4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.20pdns-recursor4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.21pdns-recursor4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.22pdns-recursor4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.23pdns-recursor4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Alpine:v3.24pdns-recursor4.6.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:12pdns4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:13pdns4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:14pdns4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:12pdns-recursor4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:13pdns-recursor4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227
Debian:14pdns-recursor4.6.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27227

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References