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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-5680 EUVD-2023-57971GHSA-m868-f948-vvjc

Cleaning an ECS-enabled cache may cause excessive CPU load

Published Feb 13, 2024 · Updated Mar 17, 2025 · Assigned by isc

Description

If a resolver cache has a very large number of ECS records stored for the same name, the process of cleaning the cache database node for this name can significantly impair query performance.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ISC BIND 9 9.11.3-S1 – ≤ 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 – ≤ 9.16.45-S1, 9.18.11-S1 – ≤ 9.18.21-S1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 bind 9.18.24-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 bind 9.16.48-r0 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling bind 9.18.25-r0 —

Advisories 4

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