INFSA-2024:9423: python-dns security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:9423

Type: security

Release date: 2024-12-13 11:59:12 UTC

Information about package

The python-dns package contains the dnslib module that implements a DNS client and additional modules that define certain symbolic constants used by DNS, such as dnstype, dnsclass and dnsopcode.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2023-29483

    eventlet before 0.35.2, as used in dnspython before 2.6.0, allows remote attackers to interfere with DNS name resolution by quickly sending an invalid packet from the expected IP address and source port, aka a "TuDoor" attack. In other words, dnspython does not have the preferred behavior in which the DNS name resolution algorithm would proceed, within the full time window, in order to wait for a valid packet. NOTE: dnspython 2.6.0 is unusable for a different reason that was addressed in 2.6.1.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 5.9 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages