By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3138-1 bind9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5235-1 bind9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-40773 By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5626-1 Bind vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5626-2 Bind vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.16.33, or for BIND Supported Preview Edition (a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers): BIND 9.16.33-S1.


Workaround

Disable the following algorithms in your configuration using the disable-algorithms option: ECDSAP256SHA256, ECDSAP384SHA384. Note that this causes zones signed with these algorithms to be treated as insecure.

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-28T15:23:30.627Z

Reserved: 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.975Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T11:15:09.677

Modified: 2025-05-28T16:15:26.473

Link: CVE-2022-38177

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-38177 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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