named may terminate unexpectedly when processing ECS options in repeated responses to iterative queries
At a glance
Severity
HIGH 7.5
EPSS
EPSS 19.19 % · percentile 97 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
isc
NVD status
Modified
Description
Processing of repeated responses to the same query, where both responses contain ECS pseudo-options, but where the first is broken in some way, can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure.
'Broken' in this context is anything that would cause the resolver to reject the query response, such as a mismatch between query and answer name.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.4-S1 through 9.11.37-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.