7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2023-5517

Published: 13/02/2024 Updated: 03/05/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A flaw in query-handling code can cause `named` to exit prematurely with an assertion failure when: - `nxdomain-redirect <domain>;` is configured, and - the resolver receives a PTR query for an RFC 1918 address that would normally result in an authoritative NXDOMAIN response. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.12.0 up to and including 9.16.45, 9.18.0 up to and including 9.18.21, 9.19.0 up to and including 9.19.19, 9.16.8-S1 up to and including 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 up to and including 9.18.21-S1.

Vulnerability Trend

Vendor Advisories

Description<!---->A flaw was found in the bind package which may result in a a Denial of Service in `named` process This is a result of a reachable assertion, leading `named` to prematurely terminate when both conditions are met: nxdomain-redirect for the queried domain is configured and the resolver receives a PTR query, used for a reverse DNS lo ...

Mailing Lists

On 13 February 2024 we (Internet Systems Consortium) disclosed six vulnerabilities affecting our BIND 9 software: - CVE-2023-4408: Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load kbiscorg/docs/cve-2023-4408 - CVE-2023-5517: Querying RFC 1918 reverse zones may cause an assertion failure when "nxdomain-redirect" is e ...