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SUSE: CVE-2017-15908: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-15908: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/26/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/31/2018
Modified
02/26/2022

Description

In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dns_packet_read_type_window() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and cause a DoS of the affected service.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0
  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-container
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-coredump
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-doc
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-journal-remote
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-lang
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-sysvinit
  • suse-upgrade-udev

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0299-1
  • USN-3466-1
  • USN-3558-1
  • CVE-2017-15908

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