CVE-2020-24696 is a critical vulnerability affecting PowerDNS Authoritative versions up to 4.3.0 when the experimental GSS-TSIG feature is enabled. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit a race condition by sending specially crafted GSS-TSIG queries, potentially leading to a denial of service or, in severe cases, arbitrary code execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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