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HistorySep 20, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

ISC BIND 9.18.0 < 9.18.19 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.19-S1 Assertion Failure (cve-2023-4236)

2023-09-2000:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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isc bind
assertion failure
dns-over-tls
cve-2023-4236
vulnerability
nessus

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.0%

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2023-4236 advisory.

  • A flaw in the networking code handling DNS-over-TLS queries may cause named to terminate unexpectedly due to an assertion failure. This happens when internal data structures are incorrectly reused under significant DNS-over-TLS query load.A named instance vulnerable to this flaw may terminate unexpectedly when subjected to significant DNS-over-TLS query load. This flaw does not affect DNS-over-HTTPS code, as that uses a different TLS implementation. (CVE-2023-4236)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(181671);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4236");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0500-S");

  script_name(english:"ISC BIND 9.18.0 < 9.18.19 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.19-S1 Assertion Failure (cve-2023-4236)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote name server is affected by an assertion failure vulnerability vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2023-4236 advisory.

  - A flaw in the networking code handling DNS-over-TLS queries may cause  named  to terminate unexpectedly
    due to an assertion failure. This happens when internal data structures are incorrectly reused under
    significant DNS-over-TLS query load.A  named  instance vulnerable to this flaw may terminate unexpectedly
    when subjected to significant DNS-over-TLS query load. This flaw does not affect DNS-over-HTTPS code, as
    that uses a different TLS implementation. (CVE-2023-4236)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2023-4236");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.18.19 / 9.18.19-S1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4236");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:isc:bind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"DNS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("bind_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("bind/version", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');

vcf::bind::initialize();

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'BIND', port:53, kb_ver:'bind/version', service:TRUE, proto:'UDP');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

var constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.0', 'max_version' : '9.18.18', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.19' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.18.11-S1', 'max_version' : '9.18.18-S1', 'fixed_version' : '9.18.19-S1' }
];
constraints = vcf::bind::filter_constraints(constraints:constraints, version:app_info.version);

vcf::check_version_and_report(
    app_info:app_info,
    constraints:constraints,
    severity:SECURITY_HOLE
);
VendorProductVersionCPE
iscbindcpe:/a:isc:bind

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.0%