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CVE-2022-40188

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Date: September 22, 2022

Knot Resolver before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of algorithmic complexity. During an attack, an authoritative server must return large NS sets or address sets.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO6LIVQS62MI5GG4OVYB5RHVZMYNHAHG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIMDNIUI7GTUEKIBBYYW7OCTJQFPDNXL/
https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/-/merge_requests/1343#note_262558
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2VE5K3VDUHJOIA2IGT3G5R76IBADMNE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIMDNIUI7GTUEKIBBYYW7OCTJQFPDNXL/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00008.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40188
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40188
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XO6LIVQS62MI5GG4OVYB5RHVZMYNHAHG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2VE5K3VDUHJOIA2IGT3G5R76IBADMNE/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-40188
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-40188

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Algorithmic Complexity

CWE-407

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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