VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-28455
The forwarding mode enables attackers to create a query loop using Technitium resolvers, launching amplification attacks and causing potential DoS.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Technitium through 11.0.2. The forwarding mode enables attackers to create a query loop using Technitium resolvers, launching amplification attacks and causing potential DoS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-406
- Affected
- technitium/dnsserver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/idealeer/89947ca07836fd0f7e9761198ca9a0f3Third Party Advisory
- https://technitium.com/dns/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.