GSD-2020-12667

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
Knot Resolver before 5.1.1 allows traffic amplification via a crafted DNS answer from an attacker-controlled server, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.
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CVE-2020-12667
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