CVE-2017-15133 json
Denial of Service in miekg-dns
published 2018-01-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p55x-7x9v-q8m4 , GO-2020-0006 , EUVD-2021-1368
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.9%
- EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A denial of service flaw was found in miekg-dns before 1.0.4. A remote attacker could use carefully timed TCP packets to block the DNS server from accepting new connections.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/miekg/dns 1.0.4, 1.0.4-0.20180125103619-43913f2f4fbd
- miekg-dns_prject miekg-dns 1.0.4
- golang-github-miekg-dns Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.0~git20170501.0.f282f80-3
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15133
- github.com/miekg/dns@43913f2 commit
- github.com/miekg/dns#631 pull request
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15133 updated cvss 7.5
miekg-dns: Denial of service via TCP serving code
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 miekg-dnsaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/miekg/dns | <1.0.4 <1.0.4-0.20180125103619-43913f2f4fbd |
1.0.4 1.0.4-0.20180125103619-43913f2f4fbd |
Affected products
- Miek Gieben miekg-dns
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/miekg/dns/pull/631
web, patch
-
github.com
/miekg/dns/commit/43913f2f4fbd7dcff930b8a809e709591e4dd79e
web, patch
-
bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1538763
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/miekg/dns/issues/627
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15133
advisory
-
pkg.go.dev
/vuln/GO-2020-0006
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-15133
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p55x-7x9v-q8m4
- NVD CVE-2017-15133
- OSV GO-2020-0006
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