CVE-2022-37428

PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2022-02.html	Vendor Advisory
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/lua-config/protobuf.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXSREJKTT6RNE3GXQENQ4R4HS37UNSPX/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-08-23 10:15

Updated : 2022-09-01 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-37428

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37428

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-459

Incomplete Cleanup

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Products Affected

powerdns

recursor

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