The code that processes control channel messages sent to named calls certain functions recursively during packet parsing. Recursion depth is only limited by the maximum accepted packet size; depending on the environment, this may cause the packet-parsing code to run out of available stack memory, causing named to terminate unexpectedly. Since each incoming control channel message is fully parsed before its contents are authenticated, exploiting this flaw does not require the attacker to hold a valid RNDC key; only network access to the control channel's configured TCP port is necessary.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.2.0 through 9.16.43, 9.18.0 through 9.18.18, 9.19.0 through 9.19.16, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.43-S1, and 9.18.0-S1 through 9.18.18-S1.
CVE-2023-3341
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-09-20. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 20, 2023
Last Modified
December 2, 2025
References (16)
- security-officer@ischttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/20/2
- security-officer@ischttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-3341
- security-officer@ischttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00021.html
- security-officer@ischttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJLLTJCSDJJII7IIZPLTBQNWP7MZH7F/
- security-officer@ischttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U35OARLQCPMVCBBPHWBXY5M6XJLD2TZ5/
- security-officer@ischttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSK5V4W4OHPM3JTJGWAQD6CZW7SFD75B/
- security-officer@ischttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0003/
- security-officer@ischttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5504
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/20/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-3341
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJLLTJCSDJJII7IIZPLTBQNWP7MZH7F/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U35OARLQCPMVCBBPHWBXY5M6XJLD2TZ5/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSK5V4W4OHPM3JTJGWAQD6CZW7SFD75B/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0003/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-3341(11)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:0039Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind and bind-dyndb-ldap security update
- RHSA-2023:5771Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind9.16 security update
- RHSA-2023:5691Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
- RHSA-2023:5689Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
- RHSA-2023:5690Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
- RHSA-2023:5526Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
- RHSA-2023:5527Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
- RHSA-2023:5529Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update
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Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | dnsutils (1:9.18.12-1ubuntu1.2) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | lwresd (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm7) @ xenial | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | bind-dyndb-ldap-0:2.3-8.el6_10.1 | 2025-01-06 | redhat |
| redhat | bind9.16-32:9.16.23-0.7.el8_6.3 | 2023-10-17 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.15 | 2023-10-12 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.16.23-1.el9_0.3 | 2023-10-12 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.16.23-11.el9_2.2 | 2023-10-12 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.4-26.P2.el8_1.8 | 2023-10-09 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.26-4.el8_4.3 | 2023-10-09 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.13-6.el8_2.6 | 2023-10-09 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.36-3.el8_6.5 | 2023-10-05 | redhat |
| redhat | bind-32:9.11.36-8.el8_8.2 | 2023-10-05 | redhat |
| redhat | bind9.16-32:9.16.23-0.14.el8_8.2 | 2023-10-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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