CVE-2020-10030 is a stack-based out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting PowerDNS Recursor versions 4.1.0 through 4.3.0. It allows an attacker with privileges to change the system's hostname to disclose uninitialized memory content, and potentially cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution, on systems where gethostname() does not null-terminate strings larger than the buffer. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability implications. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1.0, <= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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