CVE-2019-3871
A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the
02 Description
A vulnerability was found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.0.7 and before 4.1.7. An insufficient validation of data coming from the user when building a HTTP request from a DNS query in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-03-21 20:42Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 19:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d76b540514b85abe625dc563ca9586fa3877d97dde843567d043728f401d8f87
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190318 PowerDNS Security Advisory 2019-03http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/4
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3871
- doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-03.html
- www.securityfocus.com107491http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107491
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-b85d4171d4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWUHF6MRSQ3YO7UUISGLV7MXCAGBW2VD/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-9993d32c48https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROFI6OTWF4GKONNSNEDUCW6LVSSEBZNF/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190329 [SECURITY] [DLA 1737-1] pdns security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00039.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1128http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00022.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4424https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4424
- seclists.org20190404 [SECURITY] [DSA 4424-1] pdns security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/8
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- powerdns Fixed in 4.1.7-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 4.1.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 4.1.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 4.1.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- pdns No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- pdns No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.