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HistorySep 21, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2022-38178

2022-09-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
13
spoofing
resolver
memory leak
eddsa
named crash
isc-dhcp
bind9
vulnerable versions

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

75.2%

By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA
signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to
gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack
of resources.

Notes

Author Note
alexmurray As of isc-dhcp-4.4.3-1, isc-dhcp vendors bind9 libs
leosilva versions affected: 9.9.12 - 9.9.13, 9.10.7 - 9.10.8, 9.18.0 - 9.18.6, 9.19.0 - 9.19.4.
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchbind9< 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.18UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchbind9< 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.11UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchbind9< 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchbind9< 1:9.18.4-2ubuntu2UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

75.2%