CVE-2020-24697 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PowerDNS Authoritative versions up to 4.3.0 when the experimental GSS-TSIG feature is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted queries with a GSS-TSIG signature, leading to service disruption. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with the primary impact being availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.