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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-5679: Important priority package update for bind
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 13, 2024 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 13, 2024
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
A bad interaction between DNS64 and serve-stale may cause `named` to crash with an assertion failure during recursive resolution, when both of these features are enabled.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.
A flaw was found in the bind package. This issue may allow an attacker to query in a DNS64 enabled resolver node with a domain name triggering a server-stale data, triggering a code assertion, and resulting in a crash of `named` processes. This can allow a remote unauthenticated user to cause a Denial Of Service in the DNS server.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.
A flaw was found in the bind package. This issue may allow an attacker to query in a DNS64 enabled resolver node with a domain name triggering a server-stale data, triggering a code assertion, and resulting in a crash of `named` processes. This can allow a remote unauthenticated user to cause a Denial Of Service in the DNS server.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bindamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-chrootamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-filesystem-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-ldapamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-ldap-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-mysqlamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-mysql-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-sqlite3amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dlz-sqlite3-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dnssec-docamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dnssec-utilsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-docamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-libsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-libs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-licenseamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-libsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-libs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-utilsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-utils-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-utilsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-utils-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-bind
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