CVE-2019-10162 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions prior to 4.1.10 and 4.0.8, as well as specific openSUSE distributions. An authorized user can crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record into a MASTER type zone they control, triggering a parsing error during outgoing notify lookups. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity and high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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