CVE-2024-25638 (GCVE-0-2024-25638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-22 14:05 – Updated: 2025-07-24 03:55
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Title
DNSJava DNSSEC Bypass
Summary
dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to the query, allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.0.
Severity ?
8.9 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dnsjava dnsjava Affected: < 3.6.0
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