CVE-2017-7557 (GCVE-0-2017-7557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-22 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:19
VLAI
Summary
dnsdist version 1.1.0 is vulnerable to a flaw in authentication mechanism for REST API potentially allowing CSRF attack.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 970 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat, Inc. dnsdist Affected: 1.1.0
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Date Public
2017-08-21 00:00
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