HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-0760

CVE-2024-0760 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
A malicious client can send many DNS messages over TCP, potentially causing the server to become unstable while the attack is in progress. The server may recover after the attack ceases. Use of ACLs will not mitigate the attack. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.1 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.
Affected vendor
See references
Affected product
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2024-07-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-0760.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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