cve-2017-15908
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-26 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:04
Severity ?
Summary
In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dns_packet_read_type_window() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and cause a DoS of the affected service.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039662Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1725351Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/7184Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3558-1/Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039662Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1725351Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/7184Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3558-1/Patch, Third Party Advisory
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