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Vulnerability details: VCID-9wd4-6az1-j7fp
Vulnerability ID VCID-9wd4-6az1-j7fp
Aliases CVE-2023-4408
Summary bind9: Parsing large DNS messages may cause excessive CPU load
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4408.json
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
epss 0.00295 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
ssvc Track https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1
ssvc Track http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4408.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4408
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4408
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50387
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-50868
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5517
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5679
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1
2263896 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263896
cve-2023-4408 https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
ntap-20240426-0001 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/
PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
RHSA-2024:1647 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1647
RHSA-2024:1648 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1648
RHSA-2024:1781 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1781
RHSA-2024:1782 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1782
RHSA-2024:1789 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1789
RHSA-2024:1800 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1800
RHSA-2024:1803 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1803
RHSA-2024:2551 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2551
RHSA-2024:2720 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2720
RHSA-2024:2721 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2721
RHSA-2024:2821 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2821
RHSA-2024:2890 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2890
RHSA-2024:3271 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3271
RHSA-2024:3741 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3741
RHSA-2025:0039 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0039
USN-6633-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6633-1/
USN-6642-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6642-1/
ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4408.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-4408
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0001/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-21T20:37:05Z/ Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/13/1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52746
EPSS Score 0.00295
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:49:49.332689+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4408.json 38.0.0