CVE-2023-5679

Enabling both DNS64 and serve-stale may cause an assertion failure during recursive resolution

Published Feb 13, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.16.48, 9.18.24, 9.19.21, 9.16.48-S1, or 9.18.24-S1.


Vendor Workaround

Disabling serve-stale (with `stale-cache-enable no;` and `stale-answer-enable no;`) and/or disabling `dns64` makes the faulty code path impossible to reach, preventing this flaw from being exploitable.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5621-1 bind9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57970 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6633-1 Bind vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00118}

epss

{'score': 0.00156}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Isc
Isc bind
Netapp
Netapp active Iq Unified Manager
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.12:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.13:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.14:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.21:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.32:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.36:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.43:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.16.45:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.11:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.18:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.21:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Isc
Isc bind
Netapp
Netapp active Iq Unified Manager
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
isc
Published
Updated
Mar 28, 2025, 11:51 PM
Reserved
Oct 20, 2023, 11:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 13, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 AM