CVE-2024-0760
bind: bind9: A flood of DNS messages over TCP may make the server unstable
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 23, 2024
Updated · October 22, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the bind9 package, where a malicious client may send many DNS messages over the TCP protocol, leading to instabilities on the server side and potentially causing a denial of service. The server will recover automatically once the attack ceases.
Statement
This vulnerability does not affect the bind and dhcp versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8 and 9. The bind versions vulnerable to this flaw are 9.18.1 to 9.18.27 and 9.19.0 to 9.19.24, while the most recent bind version in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is bind-9.16.26-11.
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-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption