CVE-2023-4408 Affecting bind-dnssec-utils package, versions <32:9.16.23-18.el9_4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-BINDDNSSECUTILS-6611150
  • published12 Apr 2024
  • disclosed30 Apr 2024

Introduced: 12 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-4408  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 bind-dnssec-utils to version 32:9.16.23-18.el9_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:2551.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-dnssec-utils package and not the bind-dnssec-utils package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The DNS message parsing code in named includes a section whose computational complexity is overly high. It does not cause problems for typical DNS traffic, but crafted queries and responses may cause excessive CPU load on the affected named instance by exploiting this flaw. This issue affects both authoritative servers and recursive resolvers. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.

CVSS Scores

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