Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting bind-lite-devel package, versions <32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.16


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINDLITEDEVEL-17286583
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2026

Introduced: 20 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-3592  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 bind-lite-devel to version 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.16 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3353.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-lite-devel package and not the bind-lite-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

BIND resolvers are vulnerable to an amplified resource consumption/exhaustion attack. If a victim resolver makes a query to a specially crafted zone, the resolver will consume disproportionate resources. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1