CVE-2023-7008 (GCVE-0-2023-7008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-23 13:00 – Updated: 2025-11-06 21:45
VLAI?
Summary
A vulnerability was found in systemd-resolved. This issue may allow systemd-resolved to accept records of DNSSEC-signed domains even when they have no signature, allowing man-in-the-middles (or the upstream DNS resolver) to manipulate records.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:239-82.el8 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:252-32.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:252-32.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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    Red Hat Cryostat 2     cpe:/a:redhat:cryostat:2
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