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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202012-18">
+ <title>PowerDNS: information disclosure</title>
+ <synopsis>An information disclosure vulnerability in PowerDNS allow remote
+ attackers to obtain sensitive information.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pdns</product>
+ <announced>2020-12-23</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-12-23</revised>
+ <bug>744160</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-dns/pdns" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">4.3.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">4.3.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>The PowerDNS nameserver is an authoritative-only nameserver which uses a
+ flexible backend architecture.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that PowerDNS did not properly handle certain unknown
+ records.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="low">
+ <p>An authorized attacker with the ability to insert crafted records into a
+ zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory. Crafted
+ records cannot be inserted via AXFR.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>Do not take zone data from untrusted users.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All PowerDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dns/pdns-4.3.1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17482">CVE-2020-17482</uri>
+ <uri link="https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-05.html">
+ PowerDNS Security Advisory 2020-05
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-12-23T16:32:50Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-12-23T19:54:22Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>