vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-15908): systemd vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 26, 2017
Added
Nov 21, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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

ubuntu-upgrade-systemd
Title
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