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Debian: CVE-2022-40188: knot-resolver -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 23, 2022
Added
Oct 11, 2022
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Knot Resolver before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of algorithmic complexity. During an attack, an authoritative server must return large NS sets or address sets.

Solution

debian-upgrade-knot-resolver
Title
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