CoreDNS up to 1.10.1 Resolver denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CoreDNS up to 1.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Resolver. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-28452. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CoreDNS up to 1.10.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Resolver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in CoreDNS through 1.10.1. There is a vulnerability in DNS resolving software, which triggers a resolver to ignore valid responses, thus causing denial of service for normal resolution. In an exploit, the attacker could just forge a response targeting the source port of a vulnerable resolver without the need to guess the correct TXID.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-28452 since 03/15/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207881 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : coredns (openSUSE-SU-2024:0319-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207881) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-2811). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 207881
Nessus Name: openSUSE 15 Security Update : coredns (openSUSE-SU-2024:0319-1)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/15/2023 🔍
09/18/2024 +552 days 🔍
09/18/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/14/2025 +269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-28452 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278042
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2024 16:32
Updated: 06/14/2025 16:48
Changes: 09/18/2024 16:32 (51), 09/27/2024 03:37 (12), 09/29/2024 16:11 (2), 06/14/2025 16:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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