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Mageia 9: 2024-0038 Critical: Bind Assertion Failures and CPU Load

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the bind packages in Mageia have addressed vulnerabilities related to security concerns, as well as resolved issues tied to CPU usage and assertion errors within DNS setups.
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4408

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5517

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5679

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50387

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50868

Resolution

SRPMS

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

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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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