What is CVE-2023-28451?

CVE-2023-28451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Technitium Dnsserver, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-28451?

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

Resource exhaustion in Technitium Dnsserver

CVE-2023-28451

An issue was discovered in Technitium 11.0.2. There is a vulnerability (called BadDNS) in DNS resolving software, which triggers a resolver to ignore valid responses, thus causing DoS (denial of service) for normal resolution. The effects…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Technitium Dnsserver — versions 11.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28451?: CVE-2023-28451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Technitium Dnsserver, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-28451?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.