BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. Specifically crafted TCP streams can cause connections to BIND to remain in CLOSE_WAIT status for an indefinite period of time, even after the client has terminated the connection.
Open Source Branch 9.16 9.16.11 through versions before 9.16.27
Development Branch 9.17 BIND 9.17 all versions
Open Source Branch 9.18 9.18.0
Supported Preview Branch 9.16-S 9.16.11-S through versions before 9.16.27-S
Problem Types
Type
CWE ID
Description
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N/A
ISC recently discovered an issue in BIND that allows TCP connection slots to be consumed for an indefinite time frame via a specifically crafted TCP stream sent from a client. This issue is present in BIND. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. 9.16.11 to 9.16.26 (including S editions), and 9.18.0. This issue can only be triggered on BIND servers which have keep-response-order enabled, which is not the default configuration. The keep-response-order option is an ACL block; any hosts which are specified within it will be able to trigger this issue on affected versions. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition.
Type: text
CWE ID: N/A
Description: ISC recently discovered an issue in BIND that allows TCP connection slots to be consumed for an indefinite time frame via a specifically crafted TCP stream sent from a client. This issue is present in BIND. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. 9.16.11 to 9.16.26 (including S editions), and 9.18.0. This issue can only be triggered on BIND servers which have keep-response-order enabled, which is not the default configuration. The keep-response-order option is an ACL block; any hosts which are specified within it will be able to trigger this issue on affected versions. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition.
Metrics
Version
Base score
Base severity
Vector
3.1
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Version:3.1
Base score:5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC ID
Description
Solutions
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND:
9.16.27
9.18.1
BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature-preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers.
9.16.27-S1
Configurations
Workarounds
To mitigate this issue in all affected versions of BIND, use the default setting of keep-response-order { none; }.
Active exploits: We are not aware of any active exploits.