CVE-2023-22617

Published Jan 21, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-674

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "555D9C8B-4356-4078-8515-81F9C3B6CF74"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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