CVE-2022-38177
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38177
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-38177.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-38177
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-09-21T11:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-10T07:40:11Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-38177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0010/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/