CVE Alert: CVE-2025-40777

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Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-40777

If a `named` caching resolver is configured with `serve-stale-enable` `yes`, and with `stale-answer-client-timeout` set to `0` (the only allowable value other than `disabled`), and if the resolver, in the process of resolving a query, encounters a CNAME chain involving a specific combination of cached or authoritative records, the daemon will abort with an assertion failure. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.10, 9.21.0 through 9.21.9, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.10-S1.

Affected Endpoints:

No affected endpoints listed.

Published Date:

7/16/2025, 6:15:24 PM

🔥 CVSS Score:

CVSS v3 Score: 7.5 (High)

Exploit Status:

Not Exploited

References:

Recommended Action:

No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.


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