4.3

CVE-2020-17482: powerdns authoritative Use of Uninitialized Resource

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2020:2718-1SUSE-SU-2020:2785-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1556-1
Published 02-10-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-17482 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in powerdns authoritative. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2020-0375OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11156-1USN-7203-1

Timeline

  1. 02-10-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.59% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse6 products
  • pdns&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 4.1.2-3.9.1
  • pdns&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8< 4.1.2-3.9.1
  • pdns&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 4.1.8-3.6.1
  • pdns&distro=SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1< 4.3.1-bp152.2.5.1
  • pdns&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1< 4.3.1-bp152.2.5.1
Opensuse2 products
  • pdns&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 4.3.1-bp152.2.5.1
  • pdns&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 4.3.1-bp152.2.5.1
Alpine1 product
  • pdns< 4.1.14-r0 | < 4.2.3-r0 | < 4.3.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • pdns< 4.3.1-1
Powerdns1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns< 4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

6 vendors · 12 products

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