Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting dnsjava:dnsjava package, versions [,3.6.0)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (18th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-DNSJAVA-7547405
- published 23 Jul 2024
- disclosed 5 Feb 2024
- credit Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, Michael Waidner
Introduced: 5 Feb 2024
CVE-2023-50868 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 flood a resolver with NSEC3 closest encloser proof queries to consume excessive resources and deny service to other users (keytrap).