CVE-2019-3806
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 29, 2019 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRecursor
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor versions after 4.1.3 before 4.1.9 where Lua hooks are not properly applied to queries received over TCP in some specific combination of settings, possibly bypassing security policies enforced using Lua.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.1.94.1.4 ≤ v < 4.1.9
Affected range stops below 4.1.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3806x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-01.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-358NVD-CWE-noinfo
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