CVE-2022-38178

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    CVE-2022-38178

    Published: 21 Sept 2022Last Modified: 3 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/, https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-38178, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0009/, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4eb49c48823a2abbe0b3784305906cce5f520a4c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.11.3-s1
    9.11.6-s1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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