Improper Input Validation Affecting bind9.16-devel package, versions <32:9.16.23-0.14.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BIND916DEVEL-5554975
  • published26 Jan 2023
  • disclosed25 Jan 2023

Introduced: 25 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-3924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bind9.16-devel to version 32:9.16.23-0.14.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2792.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9.16-devel package and not the bind9.16-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This issue can affect BIND 9 resolvers with stale-answer-enable yes; that also make use of the option stale-answer-client-timeout, configured with a value greater than zero.

If the resolver receives many queries that require recursion, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of clients that are waiting for recursion to complete. If there are sufficient clients already waiting when a new client query is received so that it is necessary to SERVFAIL the longest waiting client (see BIND 9 ARM recursive-clients limit and soft quota), then it is possible for a race to occur between providing a stale answer to this older client and sending an early timeout SERVFAIL, which may cause an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.

CVSS Scores

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