Resource Exhaustion Affecting bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo package, versions <32:9.16.48-1.amzn2023.0.1


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-AMZN2023-BINDDNSSECUTILSDEBUGINFO-6394051
  • published6 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Feb 2024

Introduced: 14 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-50868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo to version 32:9.16.48-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-550.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo package and not the bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the "NSEC3" issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations.

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