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Medium severity · published Jul 1, 2020
CVE-2020-14196
In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced
5.3
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Recursor · Powerdns
through 4.1.16; 4.2.0 through 4.2.2; 4.3.0 through 4.3.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
RE
Recursor
Powerdns
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14196
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/
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