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HistoryFeb 13, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

ISC BIND 9.0.0 < 9.16.48 / 9.9.3-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-2023-50868)

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security advisory
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7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.2%

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-2023-50868 advisory.

  • The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the NSEC3 issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations. (CVE-2023-50868)

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(190462);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-50868");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0103");

  script_name(english:"ISC BIND 9.0.0 < 9.16.48 / 9.9.3-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-2023-50868)");

  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-2023-50868 advisory.

  - The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped)
    allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC
    responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the NSEC3 issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an
    algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations. (CVE-2023-50868)

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-2023-50868");
  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-2023-50868");

  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' : '9.0.0', 'max_version' : '9.16.46', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.48' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.9.3-S1', 'max_version' : '9.16.46-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.16.48-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.0', 'max_version' : '9.18.22', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.24' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.11-S1', 'max_version' : '9.18.22-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.24-S1' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.19.0', 'max_version' : '9.19.20', '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