Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1193

Title: Powerdns Powerdns Recursor

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1193.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Feb 17, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1193: The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor (aka pdns_recursor) 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102729.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104173.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104177.html https://www.isc.org/files/imce/ghostdomain_camera.pdf http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102729.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104173.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104177.html https://www.isc.org/files/imce/ghostdomain_camera.pdf
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1193 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.