Resource Exhaustion Affecting bind-pkcs11-libs package, versions <32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINDPKCS11LIBS-8688353
  • published5 Feb 2025
  • disclosed29 Jan 2025

Introduced: 29 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-12705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 bind-pkcs11-libs to version 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.11 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2751.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-pkcs11-libs package and not the bind-pkcs11-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Clients using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) can exhaust a DNS resolver's CPU and/or memory by flooding it with crafted valid or invalid HTTP/2 traffic. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.32, 9.20.0 through 9.20.4, 9.21.0 through 9.21.3, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.32-S1.

CVSS Scores

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