DNS: Systemd Resolved NSEC Record Denial Of services

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Systemd . A successful exploit can lead to Denial Of Services.

Extended Description

In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dns_packet_read_type_window() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and cause a DoS of the affected service.

Affected Products

Canonical ubuntu_linux

Short Name
DNS:SYSTEMD-NSEC-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DNS
Keywords
CVE-2017-15908 Denial NSEC Of Record Resolved Systemd services
Release Date
03/13/2018
Supported Platforms

mx-19.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-19.4

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.4

srxevo-25.4

vsrx-26.2

srx-26.2

srx-branch-26.2

vsrx3bsd-26.2

mx-12.3

srx-12.3

srx-branch-12.3

vsrx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Systemd_project

Canonical

CVSS Score

5.0

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