CVE-2026-3104 (GCVE-0-2026-3104)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-25 13:29
Modified
2026-03-25 14:56
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Summary
A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by querying this domain.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1.
BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.46 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1 are NOT affected.
References
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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