CVE catalog
CVE-2022-37428
pdns-recursor: CVE-2022-37428
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.44% · Oct 25, 2026
PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | sid | 5.4.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | forky | 5.4.8-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | trixie-security | 5.2.13-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | bookworm-security | 4.8.8-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | pdns-recursor | tumbleweed | 4.7.2-1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | pdns-recursor | package hub 15 sp4 | 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | pdns-recursor | leap 15.4 | 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.4.2-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.6.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pdns-recursor | pro | 4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | sid | 4.7.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | forky | 4.7.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | trixie | 4.7.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | bookworm | 4.7.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | pdns-recursor | rpm | tumbleweed | 4.7.2-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12281-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | pdns-recursor | rpm | package hub 15 sp4 | 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10171-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | pdns-recursor | rpm | leap 15.4 | 4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10171-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Details (4)
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm
4.8.8-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · pdns-recursor · debian · bookworm
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [pdns-recursor]Unknown
Source package: [pdns-recursor]
Details (1)
5.2.5-2.9· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1.1dsa · pdns-recursor · opensuse · tumbleweed
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2022_10171-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37428]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:10171-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12281-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37428]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2022-1152.json]
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