Vulnerability CVE-2020-19860
Published: 2022-01-21

Description:
When ldns version 1.7.1 verifies a zone file, the ldns_rr_new_frm_str_internal function has a heap out of bounds read vulnerability. An attacker can leak information on the heap by constructing a zone file payload.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Nlnetlabs -> LDNS 

 References:
https://github.com/NLnetLabs/ldns/issues/50
https://github.com/NLnetLabs/ldns/commit/15d96206996bea969fbc918eb0a4a346f514b9f3
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