CVE-2020-10995

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

PowerDNS Recursor from 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0 does not sufficiently defend against amplification attacks. An issue in the DNS protocol has been found that allow malicious parties to use recursive DNS services to attack third party authoritative name servers. The attack uses a crafted reply by an authoritative name server to amplify the resulting traffic between the recursive and other authoritative name servers. Both types of service can suffer degraded performance as an effect. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records. PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.16, 4.2.2 and 4.3.1 contain a mitigation to limit the impact of this DNS protocol issue.

PowerDNS Recursor versiones desde 4.1.0 hasta 4.3.0 e incluyéndola, no defiende suficientemente contra los ataques de amplificación. Ha sido encontrado un problema en el protocolo DNS que permite a las partes maliciosas usar servicios DNS recursivos para atacar servidores de nombres autorizados por terceros. El ataque usa una respuesta diseñada por un servidor de nombres autorizados para amplificar el tráfico resultante entre los servidores de nombres recursivos y otros. Ambos tipos de servicio pueden sufrir un rendimiento degradado como un efecto. Esto es activado por subdominios aleatorios en NSDNAME en registros NS. PowerDNS Recursor versiones 4.1.16, 4.2.2 y 4.3.1, contienen una mitigación para limitar el impacto de este problema del protocolo DNS.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-03-27 CVE Reserved
2020-05-19 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-09-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.nxnsattack.com	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00052.html	2023-11-07
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-01.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMP72NJGKBWR5WEBXAWX5KSLQUDFTG6S	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PS4ZN5XGENYNFKX7QIIOUCQQHXE37GJF	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4691	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Recursor Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Recursor"				>= 4.1.0 <= 4.3.0 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Recursor" and version " >= 4.1.0 <= 4.3.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Backports Sle Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle" and version "15.0"		sp1		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected