SB2022092252 - Fedora EPEL 9 update for knot-resolver
Published: September 22, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022092252
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40188)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources caused by algorithmic complexity. A malicious authoritative server can return large NS sets or addresses and cause excessive CPU consumption.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.