BIND 9 (9.16.13-9.19.24) Local Zone Lookup Assertion Failure (CVE-2024-4076)
CVE-2024-4076 Published on July 23, 2024

Assertion failure when serving both stale cache data and authoritative zone content
Client queries that trigger serving stale data and that also require lookups in local authoritative zone data may result in an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.13 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.11.33-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.13-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-4076 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an assertion failure Vulnerability?

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

CVE-2024-4076 has been classified to as an assertion failure vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-4076

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.11%
Percentile
29.33%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.