Resource Exhaustion Affecting bind-export-libs package, versions <32:9.11.36-14.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-BINDEXPORTLIBS-6246830
  • published14 Feb 2024
  • disclosed13 Feb 2024

Introduced: 13 Feb 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 bind-export-libs to version 32:9.11.36-14.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-export-libs package and not the bind-export-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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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