CVE-2023-4408

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4408
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4408.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-4408
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-02-13T14:15:45.253Z
Modified
2026-03-14T22:58:39.360043Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Introduced
Last affected
Introduced
Last affected
Introduced
Last affected
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.14.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.15.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.0.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.16.45"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.18.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.18.21"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "9.19.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.19.19"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "9.9.3-s1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v9.*
v9.18.0
v9.18.10
v9.18.11
v9.18.12
v9.18.13
v9.18.14
v9.18.15
v9.18.16
v9.18.17
v9.18.18
v9.18.19
v9.18.2
v9.18.20
v9.18.21
v9.18.3
v9.18.4
v9.18.5
v9.18.6
v9.18.7
v9.18.8
v9.18.9
v9.19.0
v9.19.1
v9.19.10
v9.19.11
v9.19.12
v9.19.13
v9.19.14
v9.19.15
v9.19.16
v9.19.17
v9.19.18
v9.19.19
v9.19.2
v9.19.3
v9.19.4
v9.19.5
v9.19.6
v9.19.7
v9.19.8
v9.19.9

Database specific

unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "38"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "39"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.8-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.11-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.12-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.13-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.14-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.21-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.32-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.36-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.16.43-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.18.0-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.18.11-s1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.18.18-s1"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4408.json"