CVE-2023-22617
Publication date 21 January 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pdns-recursor | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1
- https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2023-01/
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/12442
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22617