Resource Exhaustion Affecting aardvark-dns package, versions <2:1.14.0-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-AARDVARKDNS-10125218
  • published14 May 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-8418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 aardvark-dns to version 2:1.14.0-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:7094.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream aardvark-dns package and not the aardvark-dns package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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