If the resolver receives many queries that require recursion, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of clients that are waiting for recursion to complete. If there are sufficient clients already waiting when a new client query is received so that it is necessary to SERVFAIL the longest waiting client (see BIND 9 ARM `recursive-clients` limit and soft quota), then it is possible for a race to occur between providing a stale answer to this older client and sending an early timeout SERVFAIL, which may cause an assertion failure.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.
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DSA-5329-1 | bind9 security update |
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EUVD-2022-43258 | This issue can affect BIND 9 resolvers with `stale-answer-enable yes;` that also make use of the option `stale-answer-client-timeout`, configured with a value greater than zero. If the resolver receives many queries that require recursion, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of clients that are waiting for recursion to complete. If there are sufficient clients already waiting when a new client query is received so that it is necessary to SERVFAIL the longest waiting client (see BIND 9 ARM `recursive-clients` limit and soft quota), then it is possible for a race to occur between providing a stale answer to this older client and sending an early timeout SERVFAIL, which may cause an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1. |
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USN-5827-1 | Bind vulnerabilities |
Solution
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.16.37, 9.18.11, 9.19.9, or 9.16.37-S1.
Workaround
Disabling `stale-answer-client-timeout` entirely or setting the timeout value to zero prevents the problem. It is not possible to disable the limit on `recursive-clients`, though it could be set to a very high value in order to reduce the likelihood of encountering this scenario. However, this is not recommended as the limit on recursive clients is important for preventing exhaustion of server resources.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: isc
Published:
Updated: 2025-03-31T13:58:09.212Z
Reserved: 2022-11-10T09:07:37.642Z
Link: CVE-2022-3924

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.777Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-26T21:16:03.273
Modified: 2025-03-31T14:15:16.573
Link: CVE-2022-3924


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