CVE-2022-40188

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-40188
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:52:00 UTC
DescriptionKnot Resolver before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of algorithmic complexity. During an attack, an authoritative server must return large NS sets or address sets.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-407

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Nic Knot Resolver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: knot-resolver-5.5.3-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: knot-resolver-5.5.3-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3139-1] knot-resolver security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: knot-resolver-5.5.3-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: knot-resolver-5.5.3-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
release 5.5.3 (!1343) · Merge requests · Knot projects / Knot Resolver · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.nic.cz
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: knot-resolver-5.5.3-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
503 Backend fetch failed FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181119 Debian Security Update for knot-resolver (DLA 3139-1)
  • 183702 Debian Security Update for knot-resolver (CVE-2022-40188)
  • 199511 Ubuntu Security Notification for Knot Resolver Vulnerability (USN-6225-1)
  • 283161 Fedora Security Update for knot (FEDORA-2022-2a4ca7b18d)
  • 283162 Fedora Security Update for knot (FEDORA-2022-357cc1a81b)
  • 502512 Alpine Linux Security Update for knot-resolver
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