CVE-2019-19331

Published Dec 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
knot-resolver before version 4.3.0 is vulnerable to denial of service through high CPU utilization. DNS replies with very many resource records might be processed very inefficiently, in extreme cases taking even several CPU seconds for each such uncached message. For example, a few thousand A records can be squashed into one DNS message (limit is 64kB).

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3795-1 knot-resolver security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8952 knot-resolver before version 4.3.0 is vulnerable to denial of service through high CPU utilization. DNS replies with very many resource records might be processed very inefficiently, in extreme cases taking even several CPU seconds for each such uncached message. For example, a few thousand A records can be squashed into one DNS message (limit is 64kB).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7047-1 Knot Resolver vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:16 AM
Reserved
Nov 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 16, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:26 AM