CVE-2018-17419
Denial of service via malformed zone file in github.com/miekg/dns
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Due to a nil pointer dereference, parsing a malformed zone file containing TA records may cause a panic. If parsing user supplied input, this may be used as a denial of service vector.
How to fix CVE-2018-17419
To remediate CVE-2018-17419, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Go/github.com/miekg/dns—upgrade to 1.0.10 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.10 or later
Is CVE-2018-17419 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.10
- from 0, < 1.0.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |