SB2023012033 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor



SB2023012033 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor

Published: January 20, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023012033
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22617)

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing queries for misconfigured domains. A remote attacker can query a specially crafted or malicious domain and crash the DNS recursor.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.