CVE-2025-40778
Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs
Description
Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:CScopeChanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
Internet Systems Consortium
oss-project·USaka isc
АО «СберТех»
commercial·RUaka сбертех, ao sbertech
and 2 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
1 exploit source identified
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View exploit details Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
References
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40778
cve.org
https://dbugs.ptsecurity.com/vulnerability/PT-2025-43372
dbugs.ptsecurity.com
http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
repo.red-soft.ru
and 12 more references View all →
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