UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35406
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-35406
Published
2026-04-07T22:16:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:25:36.668345389Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Aardvark-dns is an authoritative dns server for A/AAAA container records. From 1.16.0 to 1.17.0, a truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / aardvark-dns

Package

Name
aardvark-dns
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aardvark-dns?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.0-4
1.4.0-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "aardvark-dns",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / aardvark-dns

Package

Name
aardvark-dns
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aardvark-dns?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.12.2-2
1.14.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "aardvark-dns",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / aardvark-dns

Package

Name
aardvark-dns
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aardvark-dns?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.14.0-3
1.16.0-2
1.16.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "aardvark-dns",
            "binary_version": "1.16.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35406.json"