ISC BIND 4.9.6/8.1/8.1.1 iquery memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in ISC BIND 4.9.6/8.1/8.1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component iquery. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-1999-0009. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ISC BIND 4.9.6/8.1/8.1.1 (Domain Name Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component iquery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases.

The weakness was released 04/08/1998 by FIRST with Shell as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at www1.itrc.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by gut in ANSI C and been published 2 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16871 (HP-UX PHNE_12957 : s700_800 11.00 Bind 4.9.7 components), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 15043 (Sun Solaris BIND Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3153. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2186.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (895), Exploit-DB (19111), Tenable (16871), SecurityFocus (BID 134†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-188†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14107 and VDB-14108. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: gut
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Nessus ID: 16871
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHNE_12957 : s700_800 11.00 Bind 4.9.7 components
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 3153
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-DNS TCP inverse query overflow
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Suricata ID: 2103153
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: www1.itrc.hp.com
Researcher: FIRST
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0009 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0009
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14106

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X-Force: 895
SecurityFocus: 134 - Multiple Vendor BIND iquery buffer overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 188 - Inverse Query Buffer Overflow in BIND 4.9/8, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 10:50
Updated: 11/20/2024 21:37
Changes: 06/19/2014 10:50 (89), 05/05/2019 12:47 (6), 11/20/2024 21:37 (16)
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