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CVE-2022-2795: CVE-2022-2795: Processing large delegations may severely degrade resolver performance - Security Advisories
By flooding the target resolver with queries exploiting this flaw an attacker can significantly impair the resolver’s performance, effectively denying legitimate clients access to the DNS resolution service.
CVE: CVE-2022-2795
Document version: 2.0
Posting date: 21 September 2022
Program impacted: BIND
Versions affected:
BIND
- 9.0.0 -> 9.16.32
- 9.18.0 -> 9.18.6
- 9.19.0 -> 9.19.4
BIND Supported Preview Edition
- 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.37-S1
- 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.32-S1
Severity: Medium
Exploitable: Remotely
Description:
A flaw in resolver code can cause named to spend excessive amounts of time on processing large delegations.
Impact:
By flooding the target resolver with queries exploiting this flaw an attacker can significantly impair the resolver’s performance, effectively denying legitimate clients access to the DNS resolution service.
CVSS Score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L&version=3.1.
Workarounds:
No workarounds known.
Active exploits:
We are not aware of any active exploits.
Solution:
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND:
- 9.16.33
- 9.18.7
- 9.19.5
BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers.
- 9.16.33-S1
Acknowledgments:
ISC would like to thank Yehuda Afek from Tel-Aviv University and Anat Bremler-Barr & Shani Stajnrod from Reichman University for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
Document revision history:
1.0 Early Notification, 14 September 2022
1.1 Minor punctuation corrections, 19 September 2022
2.0 Public disclosure, 21 September 2022
Related documents:
See our BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix for a complete listing of security vulnerabilities and versions affected.
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Note:
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