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CVE-2019-10162

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.10, 4.0.8 allowing an authorized user to cause the server to exit by inserting a crafted record in a MASTER type zone under their control. The issue is due to the fact that the Authoritative Server will exit when it runs into a parsing error while looking up the NS/A/AAAA records it is about to use for an outgoing notify.

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1
• PowerDNS Authoritative: from 4.0.0 before 4.0.8; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.10; 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.8, 4.1.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PowerDNS Authoritative 4.0.8, 4.1.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html
• https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-04.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html
• https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10162
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-04.html

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