CVE-2022-37428

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPowerdns Recursor
PublishedAug 23, 2022
First seenAug 23, 2022

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
powerdns recursor4.5.0 ≤ v < 4.5.10, 4.6.0 ≤ v < 4.6.3, 4.7.0 ≤ v < 4.7.24.5.10, 4.6.3, 4.7.2
fedoraproject fedora36—

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