CVE-2017-15908

Description

In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dns_packet_read_type_window() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and cause a DoS of the affected service.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3558-1/

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/7184

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1725351

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039662

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101600

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3