Security Bulletin
Summary
Domain Name System (DNS) uses ISC BIND. ISC BIND on IBM i is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to memory usage exceeding the configured cache size limit as seen in the vulnerability details section. IBM i has addressed the vulnerability in ISC BIND with a fix as described in the remediation/fixes section.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-2828
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw that allows the named's configured cache size limit to be significantly exceeded. By querying the resolver for specific RRsets in a certain order, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all memory on the host.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258607 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
IBM i | 7.5 |
IBM i | 7.4 |
IBM i | 7.3 |
IBM i | 7.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM i Release | 5770-SS1 PTF Number | PTF Download Link |
7.5 | SI84411 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI84411 |
7.4 | SI84419 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI84419 |
7.3 | SI84438 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI84438 |
7.2 | SI84439 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI84439 |
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
05 Aug 2023: Initial Publication
24 Aug 2023: Update PTF numbers
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
24 August 2023
UID
ibm17017974