CVE-2023-6516
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Specific recursive query patterns may lead to an out-of-memory condition
rank 27 = 0 + 19 + 0 + 8 + 0
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Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.01106 · without this subject the record ranks 27
What it costs you if it fires
NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own
CVSS 7.5, from the CNA · without this subject the record ranks 8
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
no persisting rise in 365 days · without this subject the record ranks 27
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
11 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 19
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
no CISA due date · without this subject the record ranks 27
$33,800 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.6121449559255632 exposure x 0.01106 likelihood
udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run
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Foresight · where to check next
This record is one instance of CWE-770, allocation of resources without limits or throttling. The index holds 2390 prior instances of this class, 2 KEV-listed. taxonomy@v1
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Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.
- RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
- RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
- RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
- RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known
Affected & Fixed Versions as published
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What it is stated by the CNA
To keep its cache database efficient, `named` running as a recursive resolver occasionally attempts to clean up the database. It uses several methods, including some that are asynchronous: a small chunk of memory pointing to the cache element that can be cleaned up is first allocated and then queued for later processing. It was discovered that if the resolver is continuously processing query patterns triggering this type of cache-database maintenance, `named` may not be able to handle the cleanup events in a timely manner. receipt
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This in turn enables the list of queued cleanup events to grow infinitely large over time, allowing the configured `max-cache-size` limit to be significantly exceeded. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.16.45 and 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1.
NVD's analysis a second authority
- weakness
- CWE-770; CWE-789
- affected versions
- isc bind >= 9.16.0 <= 9.16.45; isc bind 9.16.8; isc bind 9.16.11; and 8 more, listed in full below
- also scored by
- [email protected] 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Movement the material steps
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The full biography
The record had been public for 2 years, 5 months when this index was last written.
The pattern, elsewhere
This record is one instance of CWE-770, allocation of resources without limits or throttling. The index holds 2390 prior instances of this class, 2 KEV-listed. [email protected]
2390 records in this class held. The six above are ranked by exploit maturity, then recency.
Siblings and hubs
Records related to this one
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Its defect family
isc bind 9
Of the 8 records in this family, this is the only one whose title names specific recursive patterns.
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