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TI-2024-11779 Aliases CVE-2024-12705GHSA-gf34-2fpp-vmc4

DNS-over-HTTPS implementation suffers from multiple issues under heavy query load

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Clients using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) can exhaust a DNS resolver's CPU and/or memory by flooding it with crafted valid or invalid HTTP/2 traffic. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.32, 9.20.0 through 9.20.4, 9.21.0 through 9.21.3, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.32-S1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.18566 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ISCBIND 99.18.0 – 9.18.32; 9.20.0 – 9.20.4; 9.21.0 – 9.21.3; 9.18.11-S1 – 9.18.32-S1—No fix listedCNA
  • BIND 9 VendorISC Affected 9.18.0 – 9.18.32; 9.20.0 – 9.20.4; 9.21.0 – 9.21.3; 9.18.11-S1 – 9.18.32-S1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ISC

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:1907 Released 2025-03-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.37 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos
  • RHSA-2025:1670 Released 2025-02-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind9.18 security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) bind9.18-devel-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1, bind9.18-doc-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1, bind9.18-libs-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) bind9.18-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1, bind9.18-chroot-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1, bind9.18-dnssec-utils-32:9.18.29-1.el9_5.1 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:1670
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:1670
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16Fixed RHSA-2025:1907
Not affected: 7 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12705
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gf34-2fpp-vmc4

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-07476 A second vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-1999-00042 Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-27240 Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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