# CVE-2017-9104: An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It hangs, eating CPU, if a compression pointer loop is encountered.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00037.html
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=adns.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=changelog
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ/

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