Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2069 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Powerdns 3.0

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
powerdns
CWE-399
nessus

Summary

The recursor in PowerDNS before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed EDNS0 packets.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Powerdns
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyDNS
    NASL idPOWERDNS_RECURSOR_3_0_1.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the version of the PowerDNS Recursor listening on the remote host is version 3.x prior to 3.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper processing of Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0) packets. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability, via specially crafted EDNS0 packets, to cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87948
    published2016-01-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87948
    titlePowerDNS Recursor 3.x < 3.0.1 EDNS0 DoS
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
     script_id(87948);
     script_version("1.3");
     script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/25 18:58:03");
    
     script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2069");
     script_bugtraq_id(17711);
    
     script_name(english:"PowerDNS Recursor 3.x < 3.0.1 EDNS0 DoS");
     script_summary(english:"Checks the PowerDNS Recursor version.");
    
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote name server is affected by a denial of service
    vulnerability.");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to its self-reported version number, the version of the
    PowerDNS Recursor listening on the remote host is version 3.x prior to
    3.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability
    due to improper processing of Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
    packets. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability, via
    specially crafted EDNS0 packets, to cause an application crash,
    resulting in a denial of service condition.
    
    Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit this issue but has
    instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
    Also, Nessus has not checked for the presence of the patch.");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#recursor-version-301");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to PowerDNS Recursor 3.0.1 or later. Alternatively, apply the
    patch referenced in the vendor advisory.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date",value:"2006/04/25");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date",value:"2006/04/25");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/01/15");
    
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:powerdns:powerdns");
     script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor");
     script_end_attributes();
    
     script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
    
     script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
     script_family(english:"DNS");
     script_dependencies("pdns_version.nasl");
     script_require_keys("pdns/version", "pdns/version_full", "pdns/version_source", "pdns/type", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
     exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    app_name = "PowerDNS Recursor";
    version_source = get_kb_item_or_exit("pdns/version_source");
    version_full = get_kb_item_or_exit("pdns/version_full");
    version = get_kb_item_or_exit("pdns/version");
    
    fix = '3.0.1';
    port = 53;
    
    # Only the Recursor is affected
    type = get_kb_item_or_exit("pdns/type");
    if (type != 'recursor') audit(AUDIT_NOT_LISTEN, app_name, port, "UDP");
    
    if (version == UNKNOWN_VER) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, app_name);
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    
    if (version !~ "^3\." || (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) >= 0))
      audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, app_name, port, version_full, "UDP");
    
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report =
        '\n  Version source    : ' + version_source +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version_full +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
        '\n';
      security_warning(port:port, proto:"udp", extra:report);
    }
    else security_warning(port:port, proto:"udp");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_PDNS-1314.NASL
    descriptionRemote attackers could crash the pdns server by sending malformed packets (CVE-2006-2069).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27385
    published2007-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27385
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : pdns (pdns-1314)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update pdns-1314.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(27385);
      script_version ("1.12");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2069");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : pdns (pdns-1314)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the pdns-1314 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Remote attackers could crash the pdns server by sending malformed
    packets (CVE-2006-2069)."
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pdns package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/05/10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.1", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"pdns-2.9.19-13.2") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pdns");
    }