Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-37428
CVE-2022-37428
Description
PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.
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Affected products
7- Range: <=4.5.9, <=4.6.2, <=4.7.1
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/pdns-recursor&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4
< 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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