CVE-2023-4408 Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load

2024-02-1314:04:17

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www.cve.org

cve-2023-4408

dns message parsing

computational complexity

named

bind 9

authoritative servers

recursive resolvers

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

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.9%

JSON

The DNS message parsing code in named includes a section whose computational complexity is overly high. It does not cause problems for typical DNS traffic, but crafted queries and responses may cause excessive CPU load on the affected named instance by exploiting this flaw. This issue affects both authoritative servers and recursive resolvers.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "ISC",
    "product": "BIND 9",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9.0.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.45",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.18.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.21",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.19.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.19.19",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.9.3-S1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.11.37-S1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.16.8-S1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.45-S1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.18.11-S1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.21-S1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]