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nessusThis script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.BIND9_91921_CVE-2023-4408.NASL
HistoryFeb 13, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

ISC BIND 9.9.3-S1 < 9.16.48-S1 / 9.0.0 < 9.16.48 / 9.16.8-S1 < 9.16.48-S1 / 9.18.0 < 9.18.24 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.24-S1 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.21 Vulnerability (cve-2023-4408)

2024-02-1300:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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9
isc bind
vulnerability
dns message parsing
cpu load
cwe-400
nessus scanner

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

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.9%

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2023-4408 advisory.

  • 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. (CVE-2023-4408)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(190463);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4408");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0103");

  script_name(english:"ISC BIND 9.9.3-S1 < 9.16.48-S1 / 9.0.0 < 9.16.48 / 9.16.8-S1 < 9.16.48-S1 / 9.18.0 < 9.18.24 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.24-S1 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.21 Vulnerability (cve-2023-4408)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote name server is affected by a vulnerability vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2023-4408 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2023-4408)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2023-4408");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.16.48 / 9.16.48-S1 / 9.18.24 / 9.18.24-S1 / 9.19.21 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4408");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/02/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/02/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:isc:bind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"DNS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("bind_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("bind/version", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');

vcf::bind::initialize();

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'BIND', port:53, kb_ver:'bind/version', service:TRUE, proto:'UDP');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

var constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '9.9.3-S1', 'max_version' : '9.11.37-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.48-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.0.0', 'max_version' : '9.16.45', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.48' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.16.8-S1', 'max_version' : '9.16.45-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.48-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.0', 'max_version' : '9.18.21', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.24' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.11-S1', 'max_version' : '9.18.21-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.24-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.19.0', 'max_version' : '9.19.19', 'fixed_version' : '9.19.21' }
];
constraints = vcf::bind::filter_constraints(constraints:constraints, version:app_info.version);

vcf::check_version_and_report(
    app_info:app_info,
    constraints:constraints,
    severity:SECURITY_HOLE
);
VendorProductVersionCPE
iscbindcpe:/a:isc:bind

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

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.9%