CVE-2022-3924

Publication date 25 January 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

This issue can affect BIND 9 resolvers with `stale-answer-enable yes;` that also make use of the option `stale-answer-client-timeout`, configured with a value greater than zero. If the resolver receives many queries that require recursion, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of clients that are waiting for recursion to complete. If there are sufficient clients already waiting when a new client query is received so that it is necessary to SERVFAIL the longest waiting client (see BIND 9 ARM `recursive-clients` limit and soft quota), then it is possible for a race to occur between providing a stale answer to this older client and sending an early timeout SERVFAIL, which may cause an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:9.18.11-2ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:9.18.4-2ubuntu2.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.3
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
isc-dhcp 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


alexmurray

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


mdeslaur

This issue was introduced in 9.16.12

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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