CVE-2022-2795
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
2.2%
81.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2022-09-21 · modified 2026-09-01
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | L | Low |
Timeline
- 2022-09-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-01 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
By flooding the target resolver with queries exploiting this flaw an attacker can significantly impair the resolver's performance, effectively denying legitimate clients access to the DNS resolution service.
Affected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-2795
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-2795
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235