QID 15130

Date Published: 2022-06-01

QID 15130: ISC BIND Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

ISC BIND (Berkley Internet Domain Name) is an implementation of DNS protocols.

Affected versions:
BIND from 9.16.11 prior to 9.16.27
BIND from 9.17.0 prior to 9.18.1
BIND Preview Edition from 9.16.11-S1 prior to 9.16.27-S1

Patched Versions:
BIND 9.16.27
BIND 9.18.1
BIND 9.16.27-S1

QID Detection Logic:
This unauthenticated check detects vulnerable systems by fetching the version information from the BIND service.

Successful exploit due to crafted TCP streams can cause connections to BIND to remain in CLOSE_WAIT status for an indefinite period of time, leading to Denial of Service

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to the patched version latest release of ISC BIND.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 15130

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    cve-2022-0396 URL Logo kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2022-0396