CVE-2023-3341

Publication date 20 September 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The code that processes control channel messages sent to `named` calls certain functions recursively during packet parsing. Recursion depth is only limited by the maximum accepted packet size; depending on the environment, this may cause the packet-parsing code to run out of available stack memory, causing `named` to terminate unexpectedly. Since each incoming control channel message is fully parsed before its contents are authenticated, exploiting this flaw does not require the attacker to hold a valid RNDC key; only network access to the control channel's configured TCP port is necessary. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.2.0 through 9.16.43, 9.18.0 through 9.18.18, 9.19.0 through 9.19.16, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.43-S1, and 9.18.0-S1 through 9.18.18-S1.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:9.18.12-1ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.16
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
isc-dhcp 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Notes

alexmurray

As of isc-dhcp-4.4.3-1, isc-dhcp vendors bind9 libs

mdeslaur

I don't believe this issue applies to the bind9 libs in isc-dhcp, marking as not-affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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