CVE-2023-4408
Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- isc
Description
The DNS message parsing code in `named` includes a section whose computational complexity is overly high. It does not cause problems for typical DNS traffic, but crafted queries and responses may cause excessive CPU load on the affected `named` instance by exploiting this flaw. This issue affects both authoritative servers and recursive resolvers. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| iscCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.16.48, 9.18.24, 9.19.21, 9.16.48-S1, or 9.18.24-S1.
Workaround: No workarounds known.
Exploitation: We are not aware of any active exploits.
References (7)
- CVE-2023-4408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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