CVE-2022-2906

bind9: An attacker can leverage this flaw to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of r...

CVE-2022-2906 is fixed in 7 products on 1 platform, first by bind9 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2, released September 20, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0205
81st percentile

An attacker can leverage this flaw to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources. Upon restart the attacker would have to begin again, but nevertheless there is the potential to deny service.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bind9 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:9.18.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2906 Sep 21, 2022
bind9 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:9.18.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2906 Sep 21, 2022
bind9 · Debian 14 1:9.18.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2906 Sep 21, 2022
bind9 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
bind9-dnsutils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9-dnsutils 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
bind9-host · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9-host 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
bind9-libs · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9-libs 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
bind9-utils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9-utils 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
bind9utils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 bind9utils 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022
dnsutils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 dnsutils 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.2 Sep 20, 2022

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