Resource exhaustion in GNU Adns
CVE-2017-9104
An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It hangs, eating CPU, if a compression pointer loop is encountered.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Adns
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00037.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9104?
- CVE-2017-9104 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GNU Adns, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9104?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.