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Alpine: aardvark-dns: security update to 1.12.2-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 426282

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2024-8418)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-8418

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 426282

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

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: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8418