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ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-25215) - Linux

🗓️ 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-25215) on Linux. Flaw in processing DNAME records triggers DoS causing termination of named process

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# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:isc:bind";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145865");
  script_version("2021-08-17T14:01:00+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-17 14:01:00 +0000 (Tue, 17 Aug 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-30 03:24:57 +0000 (Fri, 30 Apr 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-05-21 09:15:00 +0000 (Fri, 21 May 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-25215");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-25215) - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_isc_bind_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("isc/bind/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"DNAME records, described in RFC 6672, provide a way to redirect
  a subtree of the domain name tree in the DNS. A flaw in the way named processes these records may
  trigger an attempt to add the same RRset to the ANSWER section more than once. This causes an
  assertion check in BIND to fail.

  DNAME records are processed by both authoritative and recursive servers. For authoritative servers,
  the DNAME record triggering the flaw can be retrieved from a zone database. For servers performing
  recursion, such a record is processed in the course of a query sent to an authoritative server.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"When a vulnerable version of named receives a query for a record
  triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"BIND 9.0.0 through 9.11.29, 9.12.0 through 9.16.13, 9.9.3-S1 through
  9.11.29-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.13-S1 and 9.17.0 through 9.17.11.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 9.11.31, 9.16.15, 9.17.12, 9.11.31-S1,
  9.16.15-S1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2021-25215");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_full(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version =~ "^9\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+s[0-9]") {
  if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.9.3s1", test_version2: "9.11.29s1")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.11.31-S1", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.16.8s1", test_version2: "9.16.13s1")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.16.15-S1", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
    exit(0);
  }
} else {
  if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.0.0", test_version2: "9.11.29")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.11.31", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.12.0", test_version2: "9.16.13")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.16.15", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.17.0", test_version2: "9.17.11")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.17.12", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);

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