7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-2911
BIND Recursive Client Stack Overflow Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 21, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-2911 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp active_iq_unified_manager
2 Netapp h410c_firmware
3 Netapp h300s_firmware
4 Netapp h500s_firmware
5 Netapp h700s_firmware
6 Netapp h410s_firmware
7 Netapp h300s
8 Netapp h410s
9 Netapp h500s
10 Netapp h700s
11 Netapp h410c
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Isc bind

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-2911 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6
    Added Reference https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2911
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2911 No Types Assigned https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2911 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.16.33 up to (including) 9.16.41 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.16.33 up to (including) 9.16.41 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.18.7 up to (including) 9.18.15 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.18.11 up to (including) 9.18.15
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0010/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SEFCEVCTYEMKTWA7V7EYPI5YQQ4JWDLI/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5439 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3K6AJK7RRSR53HRF5GGKPA6PDUDWOD2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/21/6 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-2911 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-2911 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} -0.14%

score

0.34800

percentile

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