MGASA-2024-0038 - Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 15 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0038.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-4408,
     CVE-2023-5517,
     CVE-2023-5679,
     CVE-2023-50387,
     CVE-2023-50868

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load. (CVE-2023-4408)
Querying RFC 1918 reverse zones may cause an assertion failure when
"nxdomain-redirect" is enabled. (CVE-2023-5517)
Enabling both DNS64 and serve-stale may cause an assertion failure
during recursive resolution. (CVE-2023-5679)
KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator. (CVE-2023-50387)
Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources.
(CVE-2023-50868)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32846
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-5517
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-5679
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50387
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50868
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.24/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-18-24
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4408
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5517
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5679
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50387
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50868

SRPMS:
- 9/core/bind-9.18.15-2.3.mga9

Mageia 2024-0038: bind security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load. (CVE-2023-4408) Querying RFC 1918 reverse zones may cause an assertion failure when "nxdomain-redirect" is enabled. (CVE-2023-5517) Enabling both DNS64 and serve-stale may cause an assertion failure during recursive resolution. (CVE-2023-5679) KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator. (CVE-2023-50387) Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources. (CVE-2023-50868)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32846

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-5517

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-5679

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50387

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50868

- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.24/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-18-24

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4408

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5517

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5679

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50387

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50868

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0038 - Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/bind-9.18.15-2.3.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 15 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0038.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-4408, CVE-2023-5517, CVE-2023-5679, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868

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