Resource Exhaustion Affecting bind9.16-dnssec-utils package, versions <32:9.16.23-0.7.el8_6.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.02% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BIND916DNSSECUTILS-6526786
  • published3 Apr 2024
  • disclosed13 Feb 2024

Introduced: 13 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-50387  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bind9.16-dnssec-utils to version 32:9.16.23-0.7.el8_6.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1647.

NVD Description

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

Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related RFCs) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via one or more DNSSEC responses, aka the "KeyTrap" issue. One of the concerns is that, when there is a zone with many DNSKEY and RRSIG records, the protocol specification implies that an algorithm must evaluate all combinations of DNSKEY and RRSIG records.

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