CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14339
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
The DNS packet parser in YADIFA before 2.2.6 does not check for the presence of infinite pointer loops, and thus it is possible to force it to enter an infinite loop. This can cause high CPU usage and makes the server unresponsive.
Affected configurations
• yadifa yadifa (<= 2.2.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4001 www.debian.org
- https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa/blob/v2.2.6/ChangeLog Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tarlogic.com/blog/fuzzing-yadifa-dns/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4001 www.debian.org
- https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa/blob/v2.2.6/ChangeLog Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tarlogic.com/blog/fuzzing-yadifa-dns/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory