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High ALAS2023-2024-680 3 CVEs

Important: bind security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Aug 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 6, 2024

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-4076: Client queries that trigger serving stale data and that also require lookups in local authoritative zone data may result in an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.13 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.11.33-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.13-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1. CVE-2024-1975: If a server hosts a zone containing a "KEY" Resource Record, or a resolver DNSSEC-validates a "KEY" Resource Record from a DNSSEC-signed domain in cache, a client can exhaust resolver CPU resources by sending a stream of SIG(0) signed requests. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.11.37, 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.49-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1. CVE-2024-1737: Resolver caches and authoritative zone databases that hold significant numbers of RRs for the same hostname (of any RTYPE) can suffer from degraded performance as content is being added or updated, and also when handling client queries for this name. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.11.37, 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.11.4-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.

Fixed packages 21

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-chroot 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-debugsource 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-devel 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-filesystem 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-filesystem-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-ldap 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-ldap-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-mysql 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-mysql-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-sqlite3 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dlz-sqlite3-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dnssec-utils 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-doc 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-libs 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-libs-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-license 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-utils 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 bind-utils-debuginfo 32:9.18.28-1.amzn2023.0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.5

    BIND's database will be slow if a very large number of RRs exist at the same name

    Resolver caches and authoritative zone databases that hold significant numbers of RRs for the same hostname (of any RTYPE) can suffer from degraded performance as content is being added or updated, and also when handling client queries for this name. This iss…

  • High 7.5

    SIG(0) can be used to exhaust CPU resources

    If a server hosts a zone containing a "KEY" Resource Record, or a resolver DNSSEC-validates a "KEY" Resource Record from a DNSSEC-signed domain in cache, a client can exhaust resolver CPU resources by sending a stream of SIG(0) signed requests. This issue aff…

  • High 7.5

    Assertion failure when serving both stale cache data and authoritative zone content

    Client queries that trigger serving stale data and that also require lookups in local authoritative zone data may result in an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.13 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.11.…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1737.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1975.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-4076.html