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ALPINE-CVE-2022-38178

ALPINE-CVE-2022-38178 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.17bind9.9.5-r0, 9.10.2-r0, 9.10.1_p2-r2
Alpine:v3.15bind9.11.0, 0, *
Alpine:v3.21bind9.8.1_p1-r0, 9.8.1-r0, 9.8.0_p2-r1
Alpine:v3.18bind9.10.0-r0, 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4
Alpine:v3.20bind9.9.5-r0, 9.10.0-r0, 9.10.0_p1-r0
Alpine:v3.14bind9.7.0_p1-r2, 9.11.2-r2, 9.10.0-r0
Alpine:v3.19bind9.16.6-r0, 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4
Alpine:v3.16bind9.16.20-r0, 9.16.19-r0, *
Alpine:v3.13bind9.14.8-r7, 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4
Alpine:v3.22bind9.9.5-r0, 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4_p2-r0
Alpine:v3.23bind9.9.1_p2-r0, 9.10.3-r1, *

Timeline

  • Sep 21, 2022 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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