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High ALSA-2023:5474 1 CVE

Important: bind security update

Published Oct 5, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

Security Fix(es):

* bind: stack exhaustion in control channel code may lead to DoS (CVE-2023-3341)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 17

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 bind 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-chroot 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-devel 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-export-devel 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-export-libs 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-libs 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-libs-lite 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-license 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-lite-devel 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-pkcs11 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-pkcs11-devel 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-pkcs11-libs 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-pkcs11-utils 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-sdb 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-sdb-chroot 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 bind-utils 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-bind 32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    A stack exhaustion flaw in control channel code may cause named to terminate unexpectedly

    The code that processes control channel messages sent to `named` calls certain functions recursively during packet parsing. Recursion depth is only limited by the maximum accepted packet size; depending on the environment, this may cause the packet-parsing co…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3341
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2239621
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5474.html