#VU66715 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2022-37428

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#VU66715 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2022-37428

Published: August 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66715
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37428
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PowerDNS Recursor
Software vendor:
PowerDNS.COM B.V.

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect exceptions handling with enabled protobuf logging. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the DNS server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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