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CVE-2021-25216


In BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credential configuration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. For servers that meet these conditions, the ISC SPNEGO implementation is vulnerable to various attacks, depending on the CPU architecture for which BIND was built: For named binaries compiled for 64-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a buffer over-read, leading to a server crash. For named binaries compiled for 32-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a server crash due to a buffer overflow and possibly also to achieve remote code execution. We have determined that standard SPNEGO implementations are available in the MIT and Heimdal Kerberos libraries, which support a broad range of operating systems, rendering the ISC implementation unnecessary and obsolete. Therefore, to reduce the attack surface for BIND users, we will be removing the ISC SPNEGO implementation in the April releases of BIND 9.11 and 9.16 (it had already been dropped from BIND 9.17). We would not normally remove something from a stable ESV (Extended Support Version) of BIND, but since system libraries can replace the ISC SPNEGO implementation, we have made an exception in this case for reasons of stability and security.


Published

2021-04-29T01:15:08.047

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:54:33.850

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System debian debian_linux 9.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 10.0 Yes
Application isc bind < 9.11.31 Yes
Application isc bind < 9.16.15 Yes
Application isc bind < 9.17.12 Yes
Application isc bind 9.9.3 Yes
Application isc bind 9.9.12 Yes
Application isc bind 9.9.13 Yes
Application isc bind 9.10.5 Yes
Application isc bind 9.10.7 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.3 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.5 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.5 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.5 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.6 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.7 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.8 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.12 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.21 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.27 Yes
Application isc bind 9.11.29 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.8 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.11 Yes
Application isc bind 9.16.13 Yes
Application siemens sinec_infrastructure_network_services < 1.0.1.1 Yes
Application netapp active_iq_unified_manager - Yes
Application netapp cloud_backup - Yes
Operating System netapp aff_a250_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp aff_a250 - No
Operating System netapp aff_500f_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp aff_500f - No
Operating System netapp h300s_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h300s - No
Operating System netapp h500s_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h500s - No
Operating System netapp h700s_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h700s - No
Operating System netapp h300e_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h300e - No
Operating System netapp h500e_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h500e - No
Operating System netapp h700e_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h700e - No
Operating System netapp h410s_firmware - Yes
Hardware netapp h410s - No

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