CVE-2023-6516 Specific recursive query patterns may lead to an out-of-memory condition

2024-02-1314:05:28

isc

www.cve.org

specific query patterns

out-of-memory condition

`named` cleanup

max-cache-size limit

bind 9.

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

20.4%

JSON

To keep its cache database efficient, named running as a recursive resolver occasionally attempts to clean up the database. It uses several methods, including some that are asynchronous: a small chunk of memory pointing to the cache element that can be cleaned up is first allocated and then queued for later processing. It was discovered that if the resolver is continuously processing query patterns triggering this type of cache-database maintenance, named may not be able to handle the cleanup events in a timely manner. This in turn enables the list of queued cleanup events to grow infinitely large over time, allowing the configured max-cache-size limit to be significantly exceeded.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.16.45 and 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ISC",
    "product": "BIND 9",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9.16.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.45",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.16.8-S1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.45-S1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]