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CVE-2024-25638 (GCVE-0-2024-25638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-22 14:05 – Updated: 2025-07-24 03:55
VLAI
Title
DNSJava DNSSEC Bypass
Summary
dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to the query, allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.0.
Severity
8.9 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-23 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
dnsjava dnsjava Affected: < 3.6.0
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dnsjava dnsjava Affected: 0 , < 3.6.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:dnsjava:dnsjava:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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