CVE-2024-8418: Missing connection timeout in Aardvark-dns
A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns versions 1.12.0 and 1.12.1. They contain a denial of service vulnerability due to serial processing of TCP DNS queries. This flaw allows a malicious client to keep a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing other DNS queries to time out and resulting in a denial of service for all other containers using aardvark-dns.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8418
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309683
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5jh-57wm-p79m
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/commit/aa109bbd6743abd7027e589cc4b871dd2dce7d50
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/issues/500
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/pull/503
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8418
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