What is CVE-2017-15133?

CVE-2017-15133 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miekg-Dns Prject, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-15133?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Miekg-Dns Prject

CVE-2017-15133

A denial of service flaw was found in miekg-dns before 1.0.4. A remote attacker could use carefully timed TCP packets to block the DNS server from accepting new connections.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.019 (76.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Miekg-dns_prject Miekg-dns
Miek Gieben Miekg-dns — versions before 1.0.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15133?: CVE-2017-15133 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miekg-Dns Prject, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-15133?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.