CVE-2024-25590 (GCVE-0-2024-25590)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-03 15:29 – Updated: 2024-10-03 18:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service due to cache inefficiencies in the Recursor
Summary
An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets.
Repeatedly processing and caching results for these sets can lead to a
denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-03 17:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-10-03 10:51
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