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Alpine: multiple pdns-recursor packages: security update to 4.6.3-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406262

Description

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

 - PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has
 Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query
 that leads to an answer with specific properties. (CVE-2022-37428)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-37428

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 406262

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37428