CVE-2020-17482 (GCVE-0-2020-17482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-02 08:21 – Updated: 2024-08-04 14:00
VLAI
Summary
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns x_refsource_MISC
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-a… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-18 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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