CVE-2020-5591
HIGHXACK DNS < 1.7.18 - Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursion
Title source: llmDescription
XACK DNS 1.11.0 to 1.11.4, 1.10.0 to 1.10.8, 1.8.0 to 1.8.23, 1.7.0 to 1.7.18, and versions before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service condition resulting in degradation of the recursive resolver's performance or compromising the recursive resolver as a reflector in a reflection attack.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xack.co.jp/info/?ID=622
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN40208370/index.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0164
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
xack/xack_dns
< 1.7.18
Published
Jun 05, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026