vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-641cd669-bc37-11ea-babf-6805ca2fa271 (CVE-2020-14196): powerdns-recursor -- access restriction bypass
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 2, 2020 | Jul 3, 2020 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 2, 2020
Added
Jul 3, 2020
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
PowerDNS Team reports: CVE-2020-14196: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where the ACL applied to the internal web server via webserver-allow-from is not properly enforced, allowing a remote attacker to send HTTP queries to the internal web server, bypassing the restriction. In the default configuration the API webserver is not enabled. Only installations using a non-default value for webserver and webserver-address are affected.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns-recursor
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