4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-10163
PowerDNS Authoritative Server NOTIFY Overload Vulnerability
Description

A Vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.9, 4.0.8 allowing a remote, authorized master server to cause a high CPU load or even prevent any further updates to any slave zone by sending a large number of NOTIFY messages. Note that only servers configured as slaves are affected by this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

July 30, 2019, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 3, 2023, 2:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-10163 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse backports
1 Powerdns authoritative
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-10163.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10163 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-05.html Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-10163 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-10163 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-770
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-400 / More specific CWE option available
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/ No Types Assigned https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10163 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10163 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-05.html No Types Assigned https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-05.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.0.8 *cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (excluding) 4.1.9 *cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-10163 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.05%

score

0.51906

percentile

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