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ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-25215) - Linux

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

DNAME records, described in RFC 6672, provide a way to redirect a subtree of the domain name tree in the DNS. A flaw in the way named processes these records may trigger an attempt to add the same RRset to the ANSWER section more than once. This causes an assertion check in BIND to fail. DNAME records are processed by both authoritative and recursive servers. For authoritative servers, the DNAME record triggering the flaw can be retrieved from a zone database. For servers performing recursion, such a record is processed in the course of a query sent to an authoritative server.

Affected Software

Affected Software

BIND 9.0.0 through 9.11.29, 9.12.0 through 9.16.13, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.29-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.13-S1 and 9.17.0 through 9.17.11.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 9.11.31, 9.16.15, 9.17.12, 9.11.31-S1, 9.16.15-S1 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)