A truncated TSIG response can lead to an assertion failure
At a glance
Severity
MEDIUM 6.5
EPSS
EPSS 5.79 % · percentile 93 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
isc
NVD status
Modified
Description
In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker on the network path for a TSIG-signed request, or operating the server receiving the TSIG-signed request, could send a truncated response to that request, triggering an assertion failure, causing the server to exit. Alternately, an off-path attacker would have to correctly guess when a TSIG-signed request was sent, along with other characteristics of the packet and message, and spoof a truncated response to trigger an assertion failure, causing the server to exit.
