## This update for bind fixes the following issues: Update to version 9.20.9. * Security issues fixed: * CVE-2025-40775: denial-of-service due to assertion failure caused by the processing of a NS message with an invalid TSIG (bsc#1243361). * CVE-2024-12705: CPU and memory exhaustion due to DNS-over-HTTPS issues that arise under heavy query load (bsc#1236597). * CVE-2024-11187: CPU exhaustion when processing queries that lead to responses containing several records in the Additional data section (bsc#1236596). * Changelog: * Feature changes: * Performance optimization for NSEC3 lookups introduced in BIND 9.20.2 was reverted to avoid risks associated with a complex code change. * The configuration clauses parental-agents and primaries are renamed to remote-servers.
* bsc#1236596
* bsc#1236597
* bsc#1243361
Cross-
* CVE-2024-11187
* CVE-2024-12705
* CVE-2025-40775
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2024-11187 ( SUSE ): 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2024-11187 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2024-11187 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2024-12705 ( SUSE ): 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2024-12705 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2024-12705 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-40775 ( SUSE ): 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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