QID 15138

Date Published: 2023-05-29

QID 15138: ISC BIND Assertion Failure Vulnerability

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

Affected versions:
BIND 9.16.14 - 9.16.32
BIND 9.18.0 - 9.18.6
BIND 9.19.0 - 9.19.4
BIND 9.16.14-S1 - 9.16.32-S1

Patched Versions:
BIND 9.16.33
BIND 9.18.7
BIND 9.19.5
BIND 9.16.33-S1

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

Successfully exploitation could affects integrity, availability, confidentiality

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to the patched version 9.16.33, 9.18.7, 9.19.5, 9.16.33-S1 or latest release of ISC BIND.
    Workaround:
    Setting stale-answer-client-timeout to off or to an integer greater than 0 will prevent BIND from crashing due to this issue.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 15138

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2022-3080 URL Logo kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2022-3080