CVE catalog
CVE-2023-22617
pdns-recursor: CVE-2023-22617
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.32% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
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 | 4.8.1-1.1 | 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 | 4.8.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1029367] |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | forky | 4.8.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1029367] |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | trixie | 4.8.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1029367] |
| Debian | pdns-recursor | source | bookworm | 4.8.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1029367] |
| Opensuse | pdns-recursor | rpm | tumbleweed | 4.8.1-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12628-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_12628-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22617]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22617]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12628-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-22617]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-0171.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]