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CVE-2021-40083

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Published: Aug 25, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

Knot Resolver before 5.3.2 is prone to an assertion failure, triggerable by a remote attacker in an edge case (NSEC3 with too many iterations used for a positive wildcard proof).

Affected (1)

Products: Nic: Knot Resolver
Nic
1 product
Knot Resolver
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Knot Resolver
Before 5.3.2

Related CWEs

CWE-617
Reachable Assertion
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

References (2)

Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory

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