Upstream information

CVE-2024-8418 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns, which is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to the serial processing of TCP DNS queries. An attacker can exploit this flaw by keeping a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive and resulting in other DNS queries timing out. This issue prevents legitimate users from accessing DNS services, thereby disrupting normal operations and causing service downtime.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (Red Hat) National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 7.5 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low Low
Privileges Required None None None
User Interaction None None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None None
Integrity Impact None None None
Availability Impact High High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 8.7
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1230153 [IN_PROGRESS]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • aardvark-dns >= 1.12.2-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14319


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 aardvark-dns Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 aardvark-dns Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 aardvark-dns Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 aardvark-dns Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 aardvark-dns Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 aardvark-dns Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 aardvark-dns Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 aardvark-dns Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 aardvark-dns Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 4 14:00:11 2024
CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 25 16:48:24 2024