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CVE-2017-15091

N/A
Published: January 23, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAuthoritative

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Authoritative· Powerdns
95%
3 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.113.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.114 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.44.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.4

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-04.html

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863CWE-358

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