CVE-2022-3488
bind: processing specially crafted responses in quick succession may lead to assertion failure
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 25, 2023
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
Processing of repeated responses to the same query, where both responses contain ECS pseudo-options, but where the first is broken in some way, can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure.
'Broken' in this context is anything that would cause the resolver to reject the query response, such as a mismatch between query and answer name. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.4-S1 through 9.11.37-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.
Statement
This issue only affects the special feature preview branch of bind. Bind packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation