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CVE-2012-1193

The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor (aka pdns_recursor) 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records du

The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor (aka pdns_recursor) 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.00021
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Affected Products & Versions

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powerdns recursorall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.isc.org · ghostdomain_camera.pdfwww.isc.org
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Scoring & Timeline

6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD17 Feb 2012 · 10:55 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102729.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104173.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104177.html
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