CVE-2020-17482

Publication date 2 October 2020

Last updated 14 January 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pdns	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7203-1
PowerDNS vulnerabilities
14 January 2025