CVE-2021-23386: Information Exposure

May 20, 2021 (updated July 12, 2022)

This affects the package dns-packet It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted network when querying crafted invalid domain names.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23386

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