Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting dnsjava:dnsjava package, versions [,3.6.0)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
5% (94th
percentile)
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- published 23 Jul 2024
- disclosed 5 Feb 2024
- credit Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, Michael Waidner
Introduced: 5 Feb 2024
CVE-2023-50387 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade dnsjava:dnsjava to version 3.6.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling when DNSSEC validation is enabled, due to a flaw in the DNSSEC specification. An attacker can send traffic from a malicious signed domain that occupies excessive CPU on the target system (keytrap).