MGASA-2020-0286 - Updated pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 07 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0286.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-14196

Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability:

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where the ACL applied to the
internal web server via webserver-allow-from is not properly enforced,
allowing a remote attacker to send HTTP queries to the internal web server,
bypassing the restriction (CVE-2020-14196).

In the default configuration the API webserver is not enabled. Only
installations using a non-default value for webserver and webserver-address 
are affected.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26887
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html
- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.1.html#change-4.1.17
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14196

SRPMS:
- 7/core/pdns-recursor-4.1.17-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0286: pdns-recursor security update

Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where the ACL applied to the internal web server via webserver-allow-from ...

Summary

Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability:
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where the ACL applied to the internal web server via webserver-allow-from is not properly enforced, allowing a remote attacker to send HTTP queries to the internal web server, bypassing the restriction (CVE-2020-14196).
In the default configuration the API webserver is not enabled. Only installations using a non-default value for webserver and webserver-address are affected.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26887

- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html

- https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.1.html#change-4.1.17

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14196

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0286 - Updated pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/pdns-recursor-4.1.17-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 07 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0286.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-14196

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