vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-8677: Important priority package update for bind
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 22, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 22, 2025
Added
Nov 6, 2025
Modified
Nov 6, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in BIND 9 resolvers, where processing malformed DNSKEY records from a specially crafted zone can lead to resource exhaustion, primarily causing excessive CPU utilization. This issue enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to degrade resolver performance and potentially cause a denial of service (DoS) for legitimate DNS clients.
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-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-utilsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bind-utils-debuginfo
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