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CVE-2023-5517 BIND

Affected softwareBIND
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1
WeaknessCWE-617
Published13 Feb 2024
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A flaw in query-handling code can cause named to exit prematurely with an assertion failure when: - nxdomain-redirect <domain>; is configured, and - the resolver receives a PTR query for an RFC 1918 address that would normally result in an authoritative NXDOMAIN response. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.12.0 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 2 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.3% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

3 products, 19 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 38 · 39
nvd isc bind generic ≥ 9.12.0 and ≤ 9.16.45 · 9.16.8:s1 · 9.16.11:s1 · 9.16.12:s1 · 9.16.13:s1 · 9.16.14:s1 · 9.16.21:s1 · 9.16.32:s1 · 9.16.36:s1 · 9.16.43:s1 · 9.16.45:s1 · ≥ 9.18.0 and ≤ 9.18.21 · 9.18.11:s1 · 9.18.18:s1 · 9.18.21:s1 · ≥ 9.19.0 and ≤ 9.19.19
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version

References

URLTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-5517 Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0006/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2024-02-13By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.