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Alpine: multiple pdns-recursor packages: security update to 4.8.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406264

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query
 that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback
 mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1. (CVE-2023-22617)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-22617

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406264

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22617

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22617