CVE-2023-22617
7.5HIGHA 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 fa
Published: 1/21/2023Updated: 4/3/2025
Description
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.
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Affected Products
powerdnsrecursor
4.8.0
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/Vendor Advisory