CVE-2019-10163: opensuse backports
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-10163 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in opensuse backports. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 3.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 30-07-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST3.5LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.5LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
1.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
63%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.00% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Powerdns2 products
- authoritative≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.8 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.9 | 4.1.0
- pdnsfixed in 4.1.9 | fixed in 4.0.8
Alpine1 product
- pdns< 4.1.10-r0 | < 4.0.8-r0
Debian1 product
- pdns< 4.1.6-3
Ubuntu1 product
- pdnsAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 7 products
References
10 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00036.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00054.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blog.powerdns.com/2019/06/21/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0-8-and-4-1-10-released/X Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10163X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-05.htmlX Refsource MISCVendor AdvisoryREPORT
