VDB-129803 · CVE-2017-3140 · BID 99088

ISC BIND up to 9.11.1 Response Policy Zone Query resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND up to 9.11.1 (Domain Name Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Response Policy Zone Handler. The manipulation as part of a Query leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

If named is configured to use Response Policy Zones (RPZ) an error processing some rule types can lead to a condition where BIND will endlessly loop while handling a query. Affects BIND 9.9.10, 9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2017. The weakness was presented 01/16/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.isc.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-3140 since 12/02/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101620 (Fedora 26 : 32:bind (2017-43613b15ff)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 15097 (ISC BIND RPZ Rules Processing vulnerability (AA-01495)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (101620). See 102964, 102965 and 129804 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 101620
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : 32:bind (2017-43613b15ff)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for dnsperf FEDORA-2017-d04f7ddd73
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Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-43613b15ff
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CVE: CVE-2017-3140 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1038692
SecurityFocus: 99088 - ISC BIND CVE-2017-3140 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 01/17/2019 09:19
Updated: 07/01/2023 10:29
Changes: 01/17/2019 09:19 (77), 05/02/2020 07:54 (4), 07/01/2023 10:23 (4), 07/01/2023 10:29 (1)
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