{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-2828", "assignerOrgId": "404fd4d2-a609-4245-b543-2c944a302a22", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "isc", "dateReserved": "2023-05-22T07:57:41.362Z", "datePublished": "2023-06-21T16:26:07.096Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T06:33:05.796Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "404fd4d2-a609-4245-b543-2c944a302a22", "shortName": "isc", "dateUpdated": "2023-06-21T16:26:07.096Z" }, "title": "named's configured cache size limit can be significantly exceeded", "datePublic": "2023-06-21T00:00:00Z", "affected": [ { "vendor": "ISC", "product": "BIND 9", "versions": [ { "version": "9.11.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.41", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom" }, { "version": "9.18.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.15", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom" }, { "version": "9.19.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "9.19.13", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom" }, { "version": "9.11.3-S1", "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.41-S1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom" }, { "version": "9.18.11-S1", "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.15-S1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" } } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Every `named` instance configured to run as a recursive resolver maintains a cache database holding the responses to the queries it has recently sent to authoritative servers. The size limit for that cache database can be configured using the `max-cache-size` statement in the configuration file; it defaults to 90% of the total amount of memory available on the host. When the size of the cache reaches 7/8 of the configured limit, a cache-cleaning algorithm starts to remove expired and/or least-recently used RRsets from the cache, to keep memory use below the configured limit.\n\nIt has been discovered that the effectiveness of the cache-cleaning algorithm used in `named` can be severely diminished by querying the resolver for specific RRsets in a certain order, effectively allowing the configured `max-cache-size` limit to be significantly exceeded.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.41, 9.18.0 through 9.18.15, 9.19.0 through 9.19.13, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.41-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1." } ], "impacts": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "By exploiting this flaw, an attacker can cause the amount of memory used by a `named` resolver to go well beyond the configured `max-cache-size` limit. The effectiveness of the attack depends on a number of factors (e.g. query load, query patterns), but since the default value of the `max-cache-size` statement is `90%`, in the worst case the attacker can exhaust all available memory on the host running `named`, leading to a denial-of-service condition." } ] } ], "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "No workarounds known." } ], "exploits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "We are not aware of any active exploits." } ], "solutions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.16.42, 9.18.16, 9.19.14, 9.16.42-S1, or 9.18.16-S1." } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "ISC would like to thank Shoham Danino from Reichman University, Anat Bremler-Barr from Tel-Aviv University, Yehuda Afek from Tel-Aviv University, and Yuval Shavitt from Tel-Aviv University for bringing this vulnerability to our attention." } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2828", "name": "CVE-2023-2828", "tags": [ "vendor-advisory" ] }, { "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6" }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/" }, { "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439" }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/" }, { "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/" }, { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00021.html" } ], "source": { "discovery": "EXTERNAL" } }, "adp": [ { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T06:33:05.796Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2828", "name": "CVE-2023-2828", "tags": [ "vendor-advisory", "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00021.html", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] } ] } }