CVE-2023-22617

HIGH

7.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/21/2023

Last Modified4/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

powerdns:recursor

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674CWE-674

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1(cve@mitre.org)

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1(cve@mitre.org)

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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