Improper Handling of Undefined Values Affecting bind package, versions [9.20.0, 9.20.9)[9.21.0, 9.21.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-10245159
  • published25 May 2025
  • disclosed21 May 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-40775  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-232  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.20.9, 9.21.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Undefined Values in the algorithm field in the TSIG of a DNS message. An attacker can cause BIND's named service to terminate unexpectedly by sending a DNS request with an invalid value.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1