CVE-2024-8418
Published: September 5, 2024Last modified: September 30, 2024
Description
A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns versions 1.12.0 and 1.12.1. They contain a denial of service vulnerability due to serial processing of TCP DNS queries. This flaw allows a malicious client to keep a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing other DNS queries to time out and resulting in a denial of service for all other containers using aardvark-dns.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | aardvark-dns | Not affected (1.3.0-r0) |
| Stream | aardvark-dns | Fixed (1.12.2-r0) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7094
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8418
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309683
- https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/issues/500
- https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/pull/503