ISC BIND 9.8.0/9.8.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND 9.8.0/9.8.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-2465. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND 9.8.0/9.8.1 (Domain Name Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9 9.8.0, 9.8.0-P1, 9.8.0-P2, and 9.8.1b1, when recursion is enabled and the Response Policy Zone (RPZ) contains DNAME or certain CNAME records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via an unspecified query.

The weakness was published 07/08/2011 with TELUS Security Labs as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2465 since 06/06/2011. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55517 (FreeBSD : BIND -- Remote DoS with certain RPZ configurations (4ccee784-a721-11e0-89b4-001ec9578670)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 15066 (ISC Bind 9 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68374), Tenable (55517), SecurityFocus (BID 48565†), OSVDB (73604†) and Secunia (SA45185†). Similar entry is available at VDB-57894. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 55517
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : BIND -- Remote DoS with certain RPZ configurations (4ccee784-a721-11e0-89b4-001ec9578670)
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OpenVAS ID: 69994
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bind98
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: TELUS Security Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2465 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57895
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X-Force: 68374
SecurityFocus: 48565 - ISC BIND 9 RPZ Configurations Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 45185 - ISC BIND Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 73604
SecurityTracker: 1025743 - ISC BIND Response Policy Zones DNAME/CNAME Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 32118 - ISC BIND Servers 9.8 before 9.8.0-p4 Remote DoS Vulnerability Related to Recursion and RPZ Zone, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/28/2024 20:14
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/07/2017 18:26 (19), 11/14/2021 09:21 (2), 12/28/2024 20:14 (15)
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