CVE-2022-3924

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If there are sufficient clients already waiting when a new client query is received so that it is necessary to SERVFAIL the longest waiting client (see BIND 9 ARM `recursive-clients` limit and soft quota), then it is possible for a race to occur between providing a stale answer to this older client and sending an early timeout SERVFAIL, which may cause an assertion failure.\nThis 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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Este problema puede afectar a los solucionadores BIND 9 con `stale-answer-enable yes;` que tambi\u00e9n utilizan la opci\u00f3n `stale-answer-client-timeout`, configurada con un valor mayor que cero. Si el solucionador recibe muchas consultas que requieren recursividad, habr\u00e1 un aumento correspondiente en la cantidad de clientes que est\u00e1n esperando que se complete la recursividad. Si ya hay suficientes clientes esperando cuando se recibe una nueva consulta de cliente, por lo que es necesario SERVFAIL al cliente que espera m\u00e1s tiempo (consulte el l\u00edmite y la cuota suave de `clientes recursivos` de BIND 9 ARM), entonces es posible que se produzca una carrera. entre proporcionar una respuesta obsoleta a este cliente anterior y enviar un SERVFAIL de tiempo de espera anticipado, que puede provocar un error de aserci\u00f3n. Este problema afecta a las versiones de BIND 9, 9.16.12 a 9.16.36, 9.18.0 a 9.18.10, 9.19.0 a 9.19.8 y 9.16.12-S1 a 9.16.36-S1."}], "id": "CVE-2022-3924", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:00:35.713", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "security-officer@isc.org", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2022-3924", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "yes"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-03-31T13:57:22.736047Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2023-01-26T21:16:03.273", "references": [{"source": "security-officer@isc.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-3924"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-3924"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security-officer@isc.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-617"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-617"}], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}

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