CVE-2024-8418 — HIGH (7.5) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability Description

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.

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Containers	Aardvark-Dns	1.12.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7094
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8418Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309683Issue Tracking
https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/issues/500ExploitIssue Tracking
https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/pull/503Issue Tracking

FAQ

What is CVE-2024-8418?

CVE-2024-8418 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). 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 ...

How severe is CVE-2024-8418?

CVE-2024-8418 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2024-8418?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Containers Aardvark-Dns.