Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-1046 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Powerdns Pdns
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
pdns before version 4.1.2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in dnsreplay. In the dnsreplay tool provided with PowerDNS Authoritative, replaying a specially crafted PCAP file can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution. This buffer overflow only occurs when the -ecs-stamp option of dnsreplay is used.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-532.NASL description This update for pdns fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-1046: Fix an issue with replaying a specially crafted PCAP file that can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution (bsc#1092540). last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-05-29 plugin id 110179 published 2018-05-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110179 title openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2018-532) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-491.NASL description This update for pdns fixes the following issue : - CVE-2018-1046: An issue has been found in the dnsreplay tool provided with PowerDNS Authoritative, where replaying a specially crafted PCAP file can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution. This buffer overflow only occurs when the -ecs-stamp option of dnsreplay is used. (boo#1092540) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-05-24 plugin id 110065 published 2018-05-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110065 title openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2018-491) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-403.NASL description This update for pdns fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-1046: Fix an issue with replaying a specially crafted PCAP file that can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution (bsc#1092540). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123177 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123177 title openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2019-403)