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CVE-2020-10030

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an...

8.8 HighFix available

CVE-2020-10030 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Powerdns Recursor, published May 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.5%, the 97th percentile. Fixed in pdns-recursor 4.1.16-r0.

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

24.5%Up 22.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
CVE-2020-10030
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
CVE-2020-10030
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2495 No score

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
EUVD-2020-2495
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7fw-2gqv-66rx No score

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an...

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
GHSA-v7fw-2gqv-66rx
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-10030 8.8

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-10030
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 8.8

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
CVE-2020-10030
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-10030 8.8

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10030
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-10030 8.8

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.0 up to and including 4.3.0. It allows an attacker (with enough privileges to change the system's hostname) to cause disclosure of uninitialized memory content via a stack-based out-of-bounds read. It only occurs on systems where gethostname() does not have '\0' termination of the returned string if the hostname is larger than the supplied buffer. (Linux systems are not affected because the buffer is always large enough. OpenBSD systems are not affected because the returned hostname always has '\0' termination.) Under some conditions, this issue can lead to the writing of one '\0' byte out-of-bounds on the stack, causing a denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10030
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0698-1 No score

Security update for pdns-recursor

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues:

  • update to 4.1.16
    • fixes an issue where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN response lacking an SOA were not properly validated (CVE-2020-12244, boo#1171553)
    • fixes an issue where invalid hostname on the server can result in disclosure of invalid memory (CVE-2020-10030, boo#1171553)
    • fixes an issue in the DNS protocol has been found that allows malicious parties to use recursive DNS services to attack third party authoritative name servers (CVE-2020-10995, boo#1171553)

For details see https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.1.html#change-4.1.16

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0698-1
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
Alpine:v3.10
before 4.1.16-r0
4.1.16-r0
pdns-recursor
Alpine:v3.9
before 4.1.16-r0
4.1.16-r0
pdns-recursor
Debian:12
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
pdns-recursor
Debian:13
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
pdns-recursor
Debian:14
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
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
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.6-14.0.6-1build14.0.7-14.1.1-14.1.1-1build14.1.1-24.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
pdns-recursor
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.0-64.2.1-14.2.1-1build14.2.1-1build24.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
pdns-recursor
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP1
before 4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
pdns-recursor
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1
before 4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
pdns-recursor
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
pdns-recursor
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 4.5.5-1.3
4.5.5-1.3

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03affected, aliases, referencesOSV
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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