CVE-2022-3736 (GCVE-0-2022-3736)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-25 21:39 – Updated: 2025-04-01 14:10
VLAI
Title
named configured to answer from stale cache may terminate unexpectedly while processing RRSIG queries
Summary
BIND 9 resolver can crash when stale cache and stale answers are enabled, option `stale-answer-client-timeout` is set to a positive integer, and the resolver receives an RRSIG query. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-01 14:10 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
isc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 33 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-3736 vendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ISC BIND 9 Affected: 9.16.12 , ≤ 9.16.36 (custom)
Affected: 9.18.0 , ≤ 9.18.10 (custom)
Affected: 9.19.0 , ≤ 9.19.8 (custom)
Affected: 9.16.12-S1 , ≤ 9.16.36-S1 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-01-25 00:00
Credits
ISC would like to thank Borja Marcos from Sarenet (with assistance by Iratxe Niño from Fundación Sarenet) for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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