CVE-2017-15091
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
An issue has been found in the API component of PowerDNS Authoritative 4.x up to and including 4.0.4 and 3.x up to and including 3.4.11, where some operations that have an impact on the state of the server are still allowed even though the API has been configured as read-only via the api-readonly keyword. This missing check allows an attacker with valid API credentials to flush the cache, trigger a zone transfer or send a NOTIFY.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15091
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-30
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.0.5-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.5-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.