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CVE-2022-37428

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Published: Aug 23, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.

Affected (4)

Powerdns
1 product
Recursor
Fedoraproject
1 product
Fedora
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Powerdns
Recursor
From 4.5.0 to 4.5.10
Recursor
From 4.6.0 to 4.6.3
Recursor
From 4.7.0 to 4.7.2
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedora
Version 36

Related CWEs

CWE-459
Incomplete Cleanup
The product does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

References (6)

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

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