Just one bad packet can bring down a vulnerable DNS server thanks to DNSSEC

from www.theregister.com - Articles on 2024-02-13 23:27 (#6JKYC)

'You don't have to do more than that to disconnect an entire network' El Reg told as patches emerge

A single packet can exhaust the processing capacity of a vulnerable DNS server, effectively disabling the machine, by exploiting a 20-plus-year-old design flaw in the DNSSEC specification....

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