CVE-2024-8418

HIGH

Aardvark-dns - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns, which is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to the serial processing of TCP DNS queries. An attacker can exploit this flaw by keeping a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive and resulting in other DNS queries timing out. This issue prevents legitimate users from accessing DNS services, thereby disrupting normal operations and causing service downtime.

Exploits (1)

gitlab WORKING POC
by goma0x2 · poc
https://gitlab.com/goma0x2/CVE-2024-8418

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.9%
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-400
Status published
Products (3)
containers/aardvark-dns 1.12.0
containers/aardvark-dns 1.12.1
crates.io/aardvark-dns 1.12.0 - 1.12.2crates.io
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026