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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-38178: ISC BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-38178: ISC BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2022
Created
10/31/2022
Added
10/31/2022
Modified
10/31/2022

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind-tools

References

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