GO-2020-0006

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    GO-2020-0006

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Denial of service via open idle connection in github.com/miekg/dns

    Details: An attacker may prevent TCP connections to a Server by opening a connection and leaving it idle, until the connection is closed by the server no other connections will be accepted.

    References: https://github.com/miekg/dns/pull/631, https://github.com/miekg/dns/commit/43913f2f4fbd7dcff930b8a809e709591e4dd79e

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/miekg/dns

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/miekg/dns

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.4-0.20180125103619-43913f2f4fbd

    Affected versions

    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