SUSE update for bind

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU103436

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11187

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling DNS zones with numerous records in the Additional section. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by sending multiple queries to he affected server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package bind to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5: LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.5

bind-doc: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

python3-bind: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

bind-debuginfo: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

bind-utils: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

bind-debugsource: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

bind-utils-debuginfo: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

bind: before 9.16.50-150500.8.24.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp5:LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-bind:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind-utils:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind-utils-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:bind:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250359-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.