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CVE-2022-38178
Published: Sep 21, 2022
Modified: May 28, 2025
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
Description
By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
ISC | BIND9 | affected Open Source Branch 9.9 9.9.12 through versions up to and including 9.9.13affected Open Source Branch 9.10 9.10.7 through versions up to and including 9.10.8affected Open Source Branches 9.11 through 9.16 9.11.3 through versions before 9.16.33affected Open Source Branch 9.18 9.18.0 through versions before 9.18.7affected Supported Preview Branch 9.11-S 9.11.4-S1 through versions up to and including 9.11.37-S1+2 more versions |
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
References
DSA-5235
vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2022-ef038365de
vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2022-8268735e06
vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2022-b197d64471
vendor-advisory
GLSA-202210-25
vendor-advisory
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