ISC BIND up to 9.11.1b1 RPZ/DNS64 State Error null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ISC BIND up to 9.11.1b1 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component RPZ/DNS64 State Error Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-3135. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND up to 9.11.1b1 (Domain Name Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component RPZ/DNS64 State Error Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability.

The bug was discovered 02/08/2017. The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2017 by Ramesh Damodaran as AA-01453 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.isc.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with ISC. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-3135 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

Under some conditions when using both DNS64 and RPZ to rewrite query responses, query processing can resume in an inconsistent state leading to either an INSIST assertion failure or an attempt to read through a NULL pointer.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97541 (Fedora 24 : bind99 (2017-d0c9bf9508)), 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 256164 (CentOS Security Update for bind (CESA-2017:0276)).

Upgrading to version 9.9.9-P6, 9.9.9-S8, 9.10.4-P6 or 9.11.0-P3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97541), SecurityFocus (BID 96150†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037801†). seclists.org is providing further details. The entry VDB-99867 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 97541
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : bind99 (2017-d0c9bf9508)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for bind CESA-2017:0276 centos7
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BIND 9.9.9-P6/9.9.9-S8/9.10.4-P6/9.11.0-P3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: AA-01453
Researcher: Ramesh Damodaran
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3135 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3135
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96827

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SecurityFocus: 96150 - ISC BIND CVE-2017-3135 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3135 - ISC - BIND - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037801

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2017 12:26
Updated: 11/14/2022 07:56
Changes: 02/13/2017 12:26 (83), 08/18/2020 06:45 (7), 11/14/2022 07:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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