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CVE-2022-3924 This issue can affect BIND 9 resolvers with `stale-answer-enable yes;` that also make use of the option…

Description

This issue can affect BIND 9 resolvers with `stale-answer-enable yes;` that also make use of the option `stale-answer-client-timeout`, configured with a value greater than zero. If the resolver receives many queries that require recursion, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of clients that are waiting for recursion to complete. 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. This 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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
BIND 9 9.19 9.19.0 → 9.19.8 No fix stated
BIND 9 9.18 9.18.0 → 9.18.10 No fix stated
BIND 9 9.16 9.16.12-S1 → 9.16.36 No fix stated

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