CVE-2023-2911

Exceeding the recursive-clients quota may cause named to terminate unexpectedly when stale-answer-client-timeout is set to 0

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

If the `recursive-clients` quota is reached on a BIND 9 resolver configured with both `stale-answer-enable yes;` and `stale-answer-client-timeout 0;`, a sequence of serve-stale-related lookups could cause `named` to loop and terminate unexpectedly due to a stack overflow.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.33 through 9.16.41, 9.18.7 through 9.18.15, 9.16.33-S1 through 9.16.41-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC)v3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-26 CVE Reserved
2023-06-21 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-09-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6	2023-07-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2911	2023-07-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H700s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H700s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H700s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H700s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H300s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H300s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H300s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H300s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H500s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H500s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H500s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H500s"	-	-	Safe
Isc Search vendor "Isc"		Bind Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind"				>= 9.16.33 <= 9.16.41 Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind" and version " >= 9.16.33 <= 9.16.41"		-		Affected
Isc Search vendor "Isc"		Bind Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind"				>= 9.16.33 <= 9.16.41 Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind" and version " >= 9.16.33 <= 9.16.41"		supported_preview		Affected
Isc Search vendor "Isc"		Bind Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind"				>= 9.18.7 <= 9.18.15 Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind" and version " >= 9.18.7 <= 9.18.15"		-		Affected
Isc Search vendor "Isc"		Bind Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind"				>= 9.18.11 <= 9.18.15 Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind" and version " >= 9.18.11 <= 9.18.15"		supported_preview		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				12.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "12.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				38 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "38"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				12.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "12.0"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Active Iq Unified Manager Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager"				-		vmware_vsphere		Affected