High
Security advisory
BIND 9 resolver can crash when stale cache and stale answers are enabled, option `stale-answer-client-timeout` is set to a positive integer, and the resolver receives an RRSIG query. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-3736
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BIND 9 resolver can crash when stale cache and stale answers are enabled, option `stale-answer-client-timeout` is set to a positive integer, and the resolver receives an RRSIG query. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.36, 9.18.0 through 9.18.10, 9.19.0 through 9.19.8, and 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.36-S1.
osv:CVE-2022-3736
Complete source record
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