{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-09-04T10:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "containers/aardvark-dns: TCP Query Handling Flaw in Aardvark-dns Leading to Denial of Service",
    "id" : "2309683",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309683"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-400",
  "details" : [ "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.", "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." ],
  "statement" : "This vulnerability is classified as moderate severity because it affects the availability of the service rather than compromising data confidentiality or integrity. The CVSS score reflects its impact on system availability, as the DoS attack can lead to significant downtime and service disruption but does not involve unauthorized data access or code execution.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:7094",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "aardvark-dns-2:1.14.0-1.el9"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "aardvark-dns",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "container-tools:rhel8/aardvark-dns",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "container-tools:rhel8/containers-common",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "containers-common",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8418\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8418\nhttps://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/issues/500\nhttps://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/pull/503" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-8418",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "It is advised to upgrade aardvark-dns to version 1.12.1 or higher.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}