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CVE-2022-38177

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-09-21 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA 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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxFedoraproject FedoraIsc BindNetapp Active Iq Unified Manager

Weakness Type

CWE-401, CWE-401

References