Resource Exhaustion Affecting bind-utils package, versions <32:9.18.33-4.el10_0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.96% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-BINDUTILS-13849940
  • published7 Nov 2025
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-8677  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 bind-utils to version 32:9.18.33-4.el10_0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:19912.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-utils package and not the bind-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Querying for records within a specially crafted zone containing certain malformed DNSKEY records can lead to CPU exhaustion. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1