TI-2019-07483 Aliases CVE-2019-10162 GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5

Uncontrolled resource consumption in PowerDNS pdns

LOW 36CWE-400Published 2019-07-30 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.10, 4.0.8 allowing an authorized user to cause the server to exit by inserting a crafted record in a MASTER type zone under their control. The issue is due to the fact that the Authoritative Server will exit when it runs into a parsing error while looking up the NS/A/AAAA records it is about to use for an outgoing notify.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01691 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
PowerDNS	pdns	fixed in 4.1.10; fixed in 4.0.8	—	No fix listed	CNA

pdns VendorPowerDNS Affected fixed in 4.1.10; fixed in 4.0.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative::::::::	4.0.0 to before 4.0.8; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.10	Vulnerable	PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:4.0.0:-::::::	4.0.0	Vulnerable	PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*	15.0	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*	15.1	Vulnerable	openSUSE

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.0.8; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.10 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2019-07-30
PowerDNS pdns — openSUSE-SU-2019:1904
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-07484 Resource allocation without limits in PowerDNS pdnsPriority LOW 22
Show all 2 records → Advisory →
Advisory · 2019-07-30
PowerDNS pdns — openSUSE-SU-2019:1921
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-07484 Resource allocation without limits in PowerDNS pdnsPriority LOW 22
Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10162
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5

References

Patch 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162

Advisory 4

TI-2015-01678 The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2016-04703 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-04466 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.4 before 3.4.7 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2016-04702 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-25990 Incomplete domain name sanitization during CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-15157 An issue was discovered in PowerDNS Authoritative through 4.3.0 when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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