FKIE_CVE-2025-40777

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-07-16 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:22
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
If a `named` caching resolver is configured with `serve-stale-enable` `yes`, and with `stale-answer-client-timeout` set to `0` (the only allowable value other than `disabled`), and if the resolver, in the process of resolving a query, encounters a CNAME chain involving a specific combination of cached or authoritative records, the daemon will abort with an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.10, 9.21.0 through 9.21.9, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.10-S1.
References
security-officer@isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40777
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/16/6
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