CVE-2023-2828

named's configured cache size limit can be significantly exceeded

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Jun 21, 2023
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Reserved
May 22, 2023

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Description

Every `named` instance configured to run as a recursive resolver maintains a cache database holding the responses to the queries it has recently sent to authoritative servers. The size limit for that cache database can be configured using the `max-cache-size` statement in the configuration file; it defaults to 90% of the total amount of memory available on the host. When the size of the cache reaches 7/8 of the configured limit, a cache-cleaning algorithm starts to remove expired and/or least-recently used RRsets from the cache, to keep memory use below the configured limit.

It has been discovered that the effectiveness of the cache-cleaning algorithm used in `named` can be severely diminished by querying the resolver for specific RRsets in a certain order, effectively allowing the configured `max-cache-size` limit to be significantly exceeded. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.41, 9.18.0 through 9.18.15, 9.19.0 through 9.19.13, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.41-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hisc

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
BIND 9ISC
  • 9.11.0 through 9.16.41Affected
  • 9.18.0 through 9.18.15Affected
  • 9.19.0 through 9.19.13Affected
  • 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.41-S1Affected
  • 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1Affected

References

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