CVE-2023-22617 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2023-01-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26753	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01064.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Powerdns Recursor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T14:38:29.405Z

Reserved: 2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22617

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:13:49.520Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-21T19:15:11.077

Modified: 2025-04-03T15:15:42.840

Link: CVE-2023-22617

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-674

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