Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM i DNS Server implementation uses ISC BIND. ISC BIND is vulnerable to denial of service attacks due to allocating memory before checking access permissions and flaws in the implementation of the stale-answer-client-timeout option as described in the vulnerability details section. IBM i has addressed the applicable CVEs with a fix to IBM i DNS as described in the remediation/fixes section.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-3094
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the allocation of memory prior to the checking of access permissions (ACLs). By sending an UPDATE message flood, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause named to exhaust all available memory.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/245430 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-3924
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the implementation of the stale-answer-client-timeout option. By sending specific queries to the resolver, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause named to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/245432 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-3736
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the implementation of the stale-answer-client-timeout option. By sending RRSIG queries to the resolver, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause named to crash when stale cache and stale answers are enabled.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/245431 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM i | 7.5 |
| IBM i | 7.4 |
| IBM i | 7.3 |
| IBM i | 7.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. Releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 of IBM i will be fixed.
| IBM i Release | 5770-SS1 Option 31 PTF Number | PTF Download Link |
| 7.5 | SI82623 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI82623 |
| 7.4 | SI82624 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI82624 |
| 7.3 | SI82625 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI82625 |
| 7.2 | SI82626 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI82626 |
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
13 Apr 2023: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Modified date:
13 April 2023
UID
ibm16983536