CVE-2023-4236 named may terminate unexpectedly under high DNS-over-TLS query load

2023-09-2012:32:16

isc

www.cve.org

bind 9

networking code

termination

dns-over-tls

flaw

assertion failure

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.0%

JSON

A flaw in the networking code handling DNS-over-TLS queries may cause named to terminate unexpectedly due to an assertion failure. This happens when internal data structures are incorrectly reused under significant DNS-over-TLS query load.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.18 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.18-S1.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ISC",
    "product": "BIND 9",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9.18.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.18",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.18.11-S1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.18-S1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]