Is CVE-2023-5679 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-5679 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-03-29.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5679?

CVE-2023-5679 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2023-5679?

Patch guidance is available from netapp security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-5679.

Fix CVE-2023-5679 - HIGH netapp active iq unified manager

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2023-5679?

17 products: netapp active iq unified manager, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, isc bind, isc bind, and 12 more.

Description

A bad interaction between DNS64 and serve-stale may cause `named` to crash with an assertion failure during recursive resolution, when both of these features are enabled. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-617

Metadata

Primary Vendor: NETAPP
Published: 2/13/2024
Last Modified: 3/29/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

netapp : active_iq_unified_managerfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bind

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD