CVE-2024-8418 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Aardvark-dns, specifically affecting containers aardvark-dns. An attacker can exploit this flaw by maintaining an open TCP DNS connection, leading to serial processing of queries and ultimately causing the server to become unresponsive and legitimate DNS services to time out. Rated 7.5 HIGH on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction, resulting in a high impact on availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:containers:aardvark-dns:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:containers:aardvark-dns:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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