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GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5

GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5 PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.10, 4.0.8 allowing an authorized user to cause the server to exit by inserting a crafted record in a MASTER type zone under their control. The issue is due to the fact that the Authoritative Server will exit when it runs into a parsing error while looking up the NS/A/AAAA records it is about to use for an outgoing notify.

Timeline

  • May 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-66xg-v84p-j4x5/fixes/registry"

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