CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in miekg-dns up to 1.0.3. This affects some unknown processing of the component TCP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
A denial of service flaw was found in miekg-dns before 1.0.4. A remote attacker could use carefully timed TCP packets to block the DNS server from accepting new connections.
The bug was discovered 01/17/2018. The weakness was shared 01/29/2018 as Bug 1538763 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-15133 since 10/08/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106857 (FreeBSD : consul -- vulnerability in embedded DNS library (ad2eeab6-ca68-4f06-9325-1937b237df60)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106857).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 106857
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : consul -- vulnerability in embedded DNS library (ad2eeab6-ca68-4f06-9325-1937b237df60)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: miekg-dns 1.0.4
Timeline
10/08/2017 🔍01/17/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 1538763Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-15133 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 01/30/2018 08:05Updated: 12/31/2019 10:51
Changes: 01/30/2018 08:05 (68), 12/31/2019 10:51 (3)
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Cache ID: 3:B0E
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