CVE catalog
CVE-2019-3807
pdns-recursor: CVE-2019-3807
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor versions 4.1.x before 4.1.9 where records in the answer section of responses received from authoritative servers with the AA flag not set were not properly validated, allowing an attacker to bypass DNSSEC validation.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | sid | 5.4.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | forky | 5.4.8-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie-security | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm-security | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Suse | pdns-recursor | package hub 15 | 4.1.2-bp150.2.6.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.6-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.0.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.1.1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.1.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | sid | 4.1.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | forky | 4.1.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | trixie | 4.1.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | bookworm | 4.1.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Suse | pdns-recursor | rpm | package hub 15 | 4.1.2-bp150.2.6.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0107-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Details (4)
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm; dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Details (4)
5.2.11-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.11-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.13-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
5.2.13-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.1.9-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2019_0100-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3807]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3807]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:0107-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3807]
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