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FreeBSD: VID-5418B360-29CC-11ED-A6D4-6805CA2FA271 (CVE-2022-37428): powerdns-recursor -- denial of service

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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
08/23/2022
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
01/28/2025

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-powerdns-recursor

References

  • CVE-2022-37428

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