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CVE-2022-38178

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-401
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%

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

Affected products we track (3)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3 ↗