CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-2829

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.88%

59th percentile - higher than 59% of all known CVEs

Summary

A named instance running as a DNSSEC-validating recursive resolver with the synth-from-dnssec option (RFC 8198) enabled can be remotely terminated using a zone with a malformed NSEC record.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can crash the DNS resolver, causing denial of service for the organization's users.

Recommendation

Update BIND 9 to a fixed version (outside 9.16.8-S1–9.16.41-S1 and 9.18.11-S1–9.18.15-S1).

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Original NVD description (English source)

A `named` instance configured to run as a DNSSEC-validating recursive resolver with the Aggressive Use of DNSSEC-Validated Cache (RFC 8198) option (`synth-from-dnssec`) enabled can be remotely terminated using a zone with a malformed NSEC record. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.41-S1 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS