Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2022-2881 is a BIND 9 memory read flaw in statistics channel code. A privileged remote user could cause BIND to read past a buffer, potentially exposing limited memory or crashing the process. Business impact is mainly DNS service disruption, with limited confidentiality risk. Exposure is most likely on organizations running affected BIND 9.18 or 9.19 versions where privileged access to the statistics channel exists. The provided evidence does not identify broader products, appliances, or downstream packages beyond BIND and Gentoo packaging. Prioritize routine but prompt remediation for DNS infrastructure. The flaw is not shown as actively exploited and requires high privileges, but DNS availability impact can be significant if affected servers crash. Mitigation focus: Upgrade BIND 9.18 deployments to 9.18.7 or later.; Upgrade BIND 9.19 development deployments to 9.19.5 or later.; Apply distribution security updates where BIND is vendor-managed..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H1.24.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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5.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-2881CVE reference
- GLSA-202210-25CVE reference · vendor-advisory
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