VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-10163

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-07-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

A Vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before versions 4.1.9, 4.0.8 allowing a remote, authorized master server to cause a high CPU load or even prevent any further updates to any slave zone by sending a large number of NOTIFY messages. Note that only servers configured as slaves are affected by this issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references