High severity · published Jul 23, 2024
CVE-2024-1737
BIND's database will be slow if a very large number of RRs exist at the same name
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
B9
BIND 9 · ISC
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; +1 more · source: vendor
BI
Bind · Isc
9.11.0 through 9.11.37; 9.11.4 through 9.16.50; 9.16.0 through 9.18.27; 9.16.8 through 9.19.24; 9.18.0 through 9.11.37_s1; 9.18.11 through 9.16.50_s1; +1 more · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1737
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1737
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/23/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/31/2
kb.isc.org
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2024-1737
kb.isc.org
https://kb.isc.org/docs/rrset-limits-in-zones
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240731-0003/
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