Knot Resolver < 5.5.3 DoS Vulnerability

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CPE = "cpe:/a:nic:knot_resolver";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148753");
  script_version("2023-10-18T05:05:17+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-18 05:05:17 +0000 (Wed, 18 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-26 03:43:40 +0000 (Mon, 26 Sep 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-09-26 15:22:00 +0000 (Mon, 26 Sep 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-40188");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Knot Resolver < 5.5.3 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_knot_resolver_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("knot/resolver/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Knot Resolver is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An authoritative server returning extremely large NS sets or
  address sets could cause disproportionate amount of CPU work when selecting which server to ask
  (repeatedly). That could be utilized to strengthen a DoS attack if queries coming to the resolver
  could be triggered, using a relatively low amount of queries per second.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Knot Resolver prior to version 5.5.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.5.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.knot-resolver.cz/2022-09-21-knot-resolver-5.5.3.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "5.5.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);