ISC BIND up to 9.11.1rc2 Control Channel input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND up to 9.11.1rc2. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Control Channel Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-3138. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ISC BIND up to 9.11.1rc2 (Domain Name Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Control Channel Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 04/12/2017. The weakness was presented 04/12/2017 by Mike as AA-01471 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kb.isc.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-3138 since 12/02/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99435 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : bind9 vulnerabilities (USN-3259-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276576 (Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2017-ee4b0f53cb)).

Applying the patch 9.9.9-P8/9.10.4-P8/9.11.0-P5 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99435), SecurityFocus (BID 97657†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038260†). See VDB-99866 and VDB-99867 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 99435
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : bind9 vulnerabilities (USN-3259-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2017-ee4b0f53cb
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Patch: 9.9.9-P8/9.10.4-P8/9.11.0-P5

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04/12/2017 +131 days 🔍
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01/16/2019 +638 days 🔍
11/29/2022 +1413 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: AA-01471
Researcher: Mike
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99868

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SecurityFocus: 97657 - ISC BIND CVE-2017-3138 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3138 - ISC - BIND - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038260

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2017 21:41
Updated: 11/29/2022 13:05
Changes: 04/14/2017 21:41 (89), 08/31/2020 10:35 (8), 11/29/2022 12:58 (4), 11/29/2022 13:05 (12)
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