CVE-2023-3341

A stack exhaustion flaw in control channel code may cause named to terminate unexpectedly

High · published September 20, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02958 · 87.1th percentile
Published
2023-09-20T12:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 SEP 12:32Z
    A stack exhaustion flaw in control channel code may cause named to terminate unexpectedly
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