ISC BIND on Red Hat Linux DNSSEC assertion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ISC BIND on Red Hat Linux. This affects an unknown part of the component DNSSEC. The manipulation leads to assertion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-3139. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND on Red Hat Linux (Domain Name Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component DNSSEC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a assertion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-617. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response.

The bug was discovered 05/08/2017. The weakness was shared 05/08/2017 as RHSA-2017:1202 (Website). The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-3139 since 12/02/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101461 (Virtuozzo 6 : bind / bind-chroot / bind-devel / bind-libs / etc (VZLSA-2017-1202)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Virtuozzo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236384 (Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2017:1582)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101461) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038418†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Assertion
CWE: CWE-617
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Nessus ID: 101461
Nessus Name: Virtuozzo 6 : bind / bind-chroot / bind-devel / bind-libs / etc (VZLSA-2017-1202)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for bind CESA-2017:1202 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: bugzilla.redhat.com

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05/08/2017 +157 days 🔍
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05/09/2017 +1 days 🔍
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09/24/2020 +1169 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: RHSA-2017:1202
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100949
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3139 - BIND - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038418

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2017 08:46
Updated: 09/24/2020 17:42
Changes: 05/09/2017 08:46 (62), 09/24/2020 17:42 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:3BC:103

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