High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-33990

Description

Misinterpretation of special domain name characters in dproxy-nexgen (aka dproxy nexgen) leads to cache poisoning because domain names and their associated IP addresses are cached in their misinterpreted form.

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Affected products

dproxy-nexgen/dproxy-nexgencpe-rescue2 versions
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Dproxy Nexgen Project/Dproxy Nexgen
cpe:2.3:a:dproxy-nexgen_project:dproxy-nexgen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Dproxy/Dproxyllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/14/3nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net/projects/dproxy/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity21/presentation/jeitnernvdThird Party Advisory
www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/jeitnernvdThird Party Advisory

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