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Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVE-2019-19331

High
7.5/10

Summary

knot-resolver versions prior to 4.3.0 is vulnerable to denial of service through high CPU utilization. DNS replies with very many resource records might be processed very inefficiently, in extreme cases taking even several CPU seconds for each such uncached message. For example, a few thousand A records can be squashed into one DNS message (limit is 64kB).

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published