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CVE-2023-5679


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.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from netapp, from fedoraproject, from isc organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2024-02-13T14:15:45.677

Last Modified

2025-03-29T00:15:16.493

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-617

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application netapp active_iq_unified_manager - Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 38 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 39 Yes
Application isc bind ≤ 9.16.45 Yes
Application isc bind ≤ 9.18.21 Yes
Application isc bind ≤ 9.19.19 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.12 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.13 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.14 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.21 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.32 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.36 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.43 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.45 Yes
Application isc bind 9.18.11 Yes
Application isc bind 9.18.18 Yes
Application isc bind 9.18.21 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For netapp's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.