# CVE-2019-10190: A vulnerability was discovered in DNS resolver component of knot resolver through version 3.2.0 before 4.1.0 which allows remote attackers t

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-16 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- CZ.NIC knot-resolver: from 3.2.0 before 4.1.0

## Description

A vulnerability was discovered in DNS resolver component of knot resolver through version 3.2.0 before 4.1.0 which allows remote attackers to bypass DNSSEC validation for non-existence answer. NXDOMAIN answer would get passed through to the client even if its DNSSEC validation failed, instead of sending a SERVFAIL packet. Caching is not affected by this particular bug but see CVE-2019-10191.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CZ.NIC knot-resolver, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10190
- https://www.knot-resolver.cz/2019-07-10-knot-resolver-4.1.0.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZV5YZZ5766UIG2TFLFJL6EESQNAP5X5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMSSWBHINIX4WE6UDXWM66L7JYEK6XS6/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00017.html

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