CVE-2022-2881
bind: buffer overread in statistics channel code
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 21, 2022
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the Bind package. When an HTTP connection was reused to request statistics from the stats channel, the content length of successive responses could grow in size past the end of the allocated buffer, affecting the availability.
Statement
This flaw only affects versions BIND-9.18.0 and higher, whereas Red Hat ships BIND-9.16 and lower versions. Therefore, versions of BIND shipped with Red Hat Products are not affected by this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE-126 · Buffer Over-read