Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2023-5680: Cleaning an ECS-enabled cache may cause excessive CPU load

First published: Tue Feb 13 2024(Updated: )

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.

Credit: security-officer@isc.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
ISC BIND=9.11.3-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.3-s4
ISC BIND=9.11.4-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.5-s3
ISC BIND=9.11.5-s5
ISC BIND=9.11.5-s6
ISC BIND=9.11.6-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.7-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.8-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.12-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.21-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.27-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.29-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.35-s1
ISC BIND=9.11.37-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.8-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.11-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.12-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.13-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.14-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.21-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.32-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.36-s1
ISC BIND=9.16.43-s1
ISC BIND=9.18.11-s1
ISC BIND=9.18.18-s1
ISC BIND=9.18.21-s1
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Remedy

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.16.48-S1 or 9.18.24-S1.

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