CVE-2023-3341

HIGH

BIND 9.2.0-9.16.43, 9.18.0-9.18.18, 9.19.0-9.19.16 - DoS via Control Channel Packet Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 47.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1325 CWE-787
Status published
Products (33)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
isc/bind 9.9.3 s1
isc/bind 9.9.12 s1
isc/bind 9.9.13 s1
isc/bind 9.10.5 s1
isc/bind 9.10.7 s1
isc/bind 9.11.3 s1 (2 CPE variants)
... and 23 more
Published Sep 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026