CVE-2023-22617

high

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.

References

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-01-21

Updated: 2023-01-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H