PowerDNS up to 2.9.17 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in PowerDNS. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-2301. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS (Domain Name Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and possibly conduct an LDAP injection attack.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2005. The weakness was disclosed 07/19/2005 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2301 since 07/19/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19336 (Debian DSA-771-1 : pdns - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.9.18 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21494), Tenable (19336), SecurityFocus (BID 14290†), OSVDB (18003†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014504†). The entry VDB-25828 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19336
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-771-1 : pdns - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 54477
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 771-1 (pdns)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PowerDNS 2.9.18

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06/08/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2301 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2301
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25827
X-Force: 21494
SecurityFocus: 14290 - PowerDNS LDAP Backend Query Escape Failure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 18003 - PowerDNS - LDAP - Backend Query Escape Failure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1014504
Vulnerability Center: 8864 - PowerDNS DoS via LDAP Escape Queries, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/08/2019 09:26
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (73), 06/08/2019 09:26 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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