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CVE-2023-22617

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.

Published

2023-01-21T19:15:11.077

Last Modified

2025-04-03T15:15:42.840

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-674
Type: Secondary
CWE-674

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	powerdns	recursor	4.8.0	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1 Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1 Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)