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CVE-2023-6516
published 2024-02-13

CVE-2023-6516: To keep its cache database efficient, `named` running as a recursive resolver occasionally attempts to clean up the database. It uses several methods…

PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.11%
62.4th percentile
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.

Affected

34 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianbind9< bind9 1:9.17.19-1 (bookworm)bind9 1:9.17.19-1 (bookworm)
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind
iscbind>= 0 < 9.16.48-r09.16.48-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind>= 0 < 9.18.24-r09.18.24-r0
iscbind9.16.0 – 9.16.45
iscbind9>= 0 < 1:9.16.48-11:9.16.48-1
iscbind9>= 0 < 1:9.17.19-11:9.17.19-1
iscbind9>= 0 < 1:9.17.19-11:9.17.19-1
iscbind9>= 0 < 1:9.17.19-11:9.17.19-1
iscbind9>= 0 < 1:9.16.48-0ubuntu0.20.04.11:9.16.48-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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