CVE-2021-23386

Remote Memory Exposure

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
May 20, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 8, 2021

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Description

This affects the package dns-packet before 5.2.2. It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted network when querying crafted invalid domain names.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsnyk

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dns-packetn/a
  • before 5.2.2Affected

References

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