CVE-2017-15091

HIGH

Powerdns Authoritative < 3.4.11 - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0000
EPSS Percentile 0.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-358 CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
powerdns/authoritative 3.0 - 3.4.11
Published Jan 23, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026