Vulnerability identifier: #VU67546
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
ISC BIND
Server applications /
DNS servers
Vendor: ISC
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when reusing HTTP connection while requesting statistics from the stats channel. A remote DNS server under attacker's control trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
ISC BIND: 9.18.0 - 9.19.4
External links
http://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-2881
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.