CVE-2023-26437

Denial of service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor allows authoritative servers to be marked unavailable.This issue affects Recursor: through 4.6.5, through 4.7.4 , through 4.8.3.

CVSS v3 3.4 LOW

3.4^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2023-02.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CN7VMRYKZHG2UDUAK326LXD3JY7NO3LR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHPD6SIQOG7245GXFQHPUEI4AZ6Y3KD6/
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2023-02.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CN7VMRYKZHG2UDUAK326LXD3JY7NO3LR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHPD6SIQOG7245GXFQHPUEI4AZ6Y3KD6/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::

History

13 Feb 2025, 17:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400
Summary	~~(en) Denial of service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor allows authoritative servers to be marked unavailable.This issue affects Recursor: through 4.6.5, through 4.7.4 , through 4.8.3.~~	(en) Denial of service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor allows authoritative servers to be marked unavailable.This issue affects Recursor: through 4.6.5, through 4.7.4 , through 4.8.3.

Information

Published : 2023-04-04 15:15

Updated : 2025-02-13 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-26437

Mitre link : CVE-2023-26437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-26437

JSON object : View

Products Affected

powerdns

recursor

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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