CVE-2024-33655 (GCVE-0-2024-33655)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:06
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Summary
The DNS protocol in RFC 1035 and updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by arranging for DNS queries to be accumulated for seconds, such that responses are later sent in a pulsing burst (which can be considered traffic amplification in some cases), aka the "DNSBomb" issue.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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