"value":"BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. Specifically crafted TCP streams can cause connections to BIND to remain in CLOSE_WAIT status for an indefinite period of time, even after the client has terminated the connection."
"value":"ISC recently discovered an issue in BIND that allows TCP connection slots to be consumed for an indefinite time frame via a specifically crafted TCP stream sent from a client. This issue is present in BIND. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. 9.16.11 to 9.16.26 (including S editions), and 9.18.0. This issue can only be triggered on BIND servers which have keep-response-order enabled, which is not the default configuration. The keep-response-order option is an ACL block; any hosts which are specified within it will be able to trigger this issue on affected versions. BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition."
"value":"Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND:\n 9.16.27\n 9.18.1\nBIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature-preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers.\n 9.16.27-S1"
}
],
"source":{
"discovery":"INTERNAL"
},
"work_around":[
{
"lang":"eng",
"value":"To mitigate this issue in all affected versions of BIND, use the default setting of keep-response-order { none; }.\nActive exploits: We are not aware of any active exploits."