Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2023· Updated Apr 3, 2025

CVE-2023-22617

Description

A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.

Affected products

PowerDNS/Recursordescription
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 4.8.1-1.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1mitremailing-list
docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.htmlmitre
docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/mitre

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