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HistorySep 21, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2022-38177

2022-09-2100:00:00
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spoofing target resolver
malformed ecdsa signature
memory leak
named crashes
isc-dhcp vendors
bind9 libs
affects 9.8.4 - 9.16.32

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

66.2%

By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA
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.

Notes

Author Note
alexmurray As of isc-dhcp-4.4.3-1, isc-dhcp vendors bind9 libs
mdeslaur affects 9.8.4 -> 9.16.32
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchbind9< 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.18UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchbind9< 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.11UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchbind9< 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm7UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchbind9< 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm3UNKNOWN

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

66.2%