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CVE-2023-22617 (GCVE-0-2023-22617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-03 14:38

Summary

A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-03 14:36 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2230 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1	mailing-list
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.…

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CLEANSTART-2024-FH16704 (CVE-2023-22617)

Vulnerability from cleanstart – Published: 2026-10-31 14:06 – Updated: 2024-10-07 12:57 – Source website

Summary

remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4

Details

Security vulnerability affects the pdns-recursor package. A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-secu…	ADVISORY
	https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22617	WEB
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22617	WEB

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FKIE_CVE-2023-22617

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-21 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:35

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

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cve@mitre.org	https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/	Vendor Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	powerdns	recursor	4.8.0

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GHSA-59QW-42JC-WW5F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-21 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-03 15:30

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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GSD-2023-22617

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

Aliases

CVE-2023-22617

Aliases

CVE-2023-22617

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12628-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 20:42

Summary

pdns-recursor-4.8.1-1.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22617.

CVE-2023-22617

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 4 products

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617 (CVE-2023-22617)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-01-21 19:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 05:01 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22617	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/…	REPORT
	https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2023-01/	REPORT
	https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/12442	REPORT
	https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.…	REPORT
	https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22617	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-0171

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-01-22 23:00 - Updated: 2023-01-22 23:00

Summary

PowerDNS: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Hoch

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-22617.

CVE-2023-22617

Es existiert eine Schwachstelle in PowerDNS. Bei der Verarbeitung von Abfragen für falsch konfigurierte Domains kann der Recursor in eine unbegrenzte Schleife gebracht werden, was dazu führt, dass er seinen Stapelspeicher überschreitet. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

Known affected: 1 product

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-22617 (GCVE-0-2023-22617)

CLEANSTART-2024-FH16704 (CVE-2023-22617)

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GHSA-59QW-42JC-WW5F

GSD-2023-22617

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12628-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617 (CVE-2023-22617)

WID-SEC-W-2023-0171

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