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CVE-2017-15090

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up...

5.9 MediumFix available

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.71%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.9

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
CVE-2017-15090
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
CVE-2017-15090
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6558 No score

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
EUVD-2017-6558
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pr86-5p67-45rx 5.9

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up...

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
GHSA-pr86-5p67-45rx
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-347
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.9

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
CVE-2017-15090
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-15090 5.9

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15090
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15090 5.9

An issue has been found in the DNSSEC validation component of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 and up to and including 4.0.6, where the signatures might have been accepted as valid even if the signed data was not in bailiwick of the DNSKEY used to sign it. This allows an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of records by issuing a valid signature for the crafted records.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15090
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11157-1 No score

pdns-recursor-4.5.5-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the pdns-recursor-4.5.5-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11157-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pdns-recursor
Debian:12
before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
pdns-recursor
Debian:13
before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
pdns-recursor
Debian:14
before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
pdns-recursor
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.7.3-14.0.0~alpha1-14.0.0~alpha1-24.0.0~alpha2-24.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.14.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
None known
pdns-recursor
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 18 CVEs
before 4.5.5-1.3
4.5.5-1.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-15090 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Powerdns, published January 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in pdns-recursor 4.0.7-1.

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