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FreeBSD: VID-5418b360-29cc-11ed-a6d4-6805ca2fa271 (CVE-2022-37428): powerdns-recursor -- denial of service

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 1, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns-recursor
Title
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