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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151736
Category:Denial of Service
Title:PowerDNS Recursor Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (2024-01, KeyTrap)
Summary:PowerDNS Recursor is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS); vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
PowerDNS Recursor is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS)
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
An attacker can publish a zone that contains crafted DNSSEC
related records. While validating results from queries to that zone using the RFC mandated
algorithms, the Recursor's resource usage can become so high that processing of other queries is
impacted, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
PowerDNS Recursor version 4.8.5 and prior, 4.9.x through 4.9.2
and 5.0.x through 5.0.1.

Solution:
Update to version 4.8.6, 4.9.3, 5.0.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-50387
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVYA42BLXUCIDLD35YIJPJSHDIADNYMP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQESRWMJCF4JEYJEAKLRM6CT55GLJAB7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEXGOYGW7DBS3N2QSSQONZ4ENIRQEAPG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FV5O347JTX7P5OZA6NGO4MKTXRXMKOZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IGSLGKUAQTW5JPPZCMF5YPEYALLRUZZ6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BUIP7T7Z4T3UHLXFWG6XIVDP4GYPD3AI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50387
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219823
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2024-01.html
https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/-/releases/v5.7.1
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50387
https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2024q1/017430.html
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50387
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367411
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39372384
https://nlnetlabs.nl/news/2024/Feb/13/unbound-1.19.1-released/
https://www.athene-center.de/aktuelles/key-trap
https://www.athene-center.de/fileadmin/content/PDF/Technical_Report_KeyTrap.pdf
https://www.isc.org/blogs/2024-bind-security-release/
https://www.securityweek.com/keytrap-dns-attack-could-disable-large-parts-of-internet-researchers/
https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/dnssec_vulnerability_internet/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00006.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00011.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/16/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/16/3
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-50868
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50868
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219826
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5155
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50868
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