UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22617
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617
Upstream
Published
2023-01-21T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:01:46Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.3-1

4.*

4.0.0~alpha1-1
4.0.0~alpha1-2
4.0.0~alpha2-2
4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1
4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1build1
4.0.7-1
4.1.1-1
4.1.1-1build1
4.1.1-2
4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor",
            "binary_version": "4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.0-6
4.2.1-1
4.2.1-1build1
4.2.1-1build2
4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor",
            "binary_version": "4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns-recursor@4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.2-3
4.6.0-1ubuntu1
4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "pdns-recursor",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}