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    CVE-2023-22617

    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.

    Published:Jan 21, 2023
    Last Modified:Apr 3, 2025
    EPS:Jan 21, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00208
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Powerdns
    Product
    Recursor

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads

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