ISC BIND 9.18.0 < 9.18.7 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.5 Memory Exhaustion (cve-2022-2906)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165302

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Synopsis

The remote name server is affected by a memory exhaustion vulnerability vulnerability.

Description

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2022-2906 advisory.

- An attacker can leverage this flaw to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources. Upon restart the attacker would have to begin again, but nevertheless there is the potential to deny service. (CVE-2022-2906)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.18.7 / 9.19.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165302

File Name: bind9_9195.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 9/22/2022

Updated: 1/26/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Required KB Items: bind/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2906

IAVA: 2022-A-0387-S

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