Executive Summary



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Summary
Title ISC BIND 9 zero length rdata named vulnerability
Informations
Name VU#381699 First vendor Publication 2012-06-04
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2012-06-04
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 8.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 7.8 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#381699

ISC BIND 9 zero length rdata named vulnerability

Original Release date: 04 Jun 2012 | Last revised: 04 Jun 2012

Overview

ISC BIND 9 named contains a vulnerability that could allow a attacker to cause named to terminate unexpectedly.

Description

According to ISC's security advisory:

This problem was uncovered while testing with experimental DNS record types. It is possible to add records to BIND with null (zero length) rdata fields.

Processing of these records may lead to unexpected outcomes. Recursive servers may crash or disclose some portion of memory to the client. Secondary servers may crash on restart after transferring a zone containing these records. Master servers may corrupt zone data if the zone option "auto-dnssec" is set to "maintain". Other unexpected problems that are not listed here may also be encountered
.

Impact

According to ISC's security advisory:
This issue primarily affects recursive nameservers. Authoritative nameservers will only be impacted if an administrator configures experimental record types with no data. If the server is configured this way, then secondaries can crash on restart after transferring that zone. Zone data on the master can become corrupted if the zone with those records has named configured to manage the DNSSEC key rotation.

Solution

Apply an update

Users who obtain BIND from a third-party vendor, such as their operating system vendor, should see the vendor information portion of this document for a partial list of affected vendors.

This vulnerability is addressed in ISC BIND versions 9.6-ESV-R7-P1, 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.3-P1, or 9.9.1-P1. Users of BIND from the original source distribution should upgrade to this version.

See also https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Internet Systems ConsortiumAffected-04 Jun 2012
If you are a vendor and your product is affected, let us know.

CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base8.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Temporal6.7E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Environmental7.7CDP:LM/TD:H/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667

Credit

Thanks to Internet Systems Consortium for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2012-1667
  • Date Public:04 Jun 2012
  • Date First Published:04 Jun 2012
  • Date Last Updated:04 Jun 2012
  • Document Revision:7

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18595
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18595
Title: DSA-2486-1 bind9 - denial of service
Description: It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, can crash while processing resource records containing no data bytes. Both authoritative servers and resolvers are affected.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2486-1
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): bind9
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19815
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19815
Title: HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Authentication Bypass
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1667
Version: 11
Platform(s): HP-UX 11
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20745
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20745
Title: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1667
Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20815
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20815
Title: Vulnerability in AIX bind
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1667
Version: 4
Platform(s): IBM AIX 6.1
IBM AIX 7.1
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21280
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21280
Title: RHSA-2012:0716: bind security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:0716-01
CESA-2012:0716
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 29
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21290
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21290
Title: RHSA-2012:0717: bind97 security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:0717-00
CESA-2012:0717
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 29
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23234
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23234
Title: ELSA-2012:0717: bind97 security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:0717-00
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23354
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23354
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012:0716: bind security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:0716-01
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 14
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23407
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23407
Title: ELSA-2012:0716: bind security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:0716-01
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27821
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27821
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-0716 -- bind security update (important)
Description: [32:9.7.3-8.P3.3] - fix CVE-2012-1667 and CVE-2012-1033
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-0716
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27872
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27872
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-0717 -- bind97 security update (important)
Description: [32:9.7.0-10.P2.1] - fix CVE-2012-1667 and CVE-2012-1033
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-0717
CVE-2012-1033
CVE-2012-1667
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 256

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-12-31 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-19822
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_19822_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-12-14 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-19830
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_19830_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-12-13 Name : SuSE Update for bind openSUSE-SU-2012:0722-1 (bind)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_0722_1.nasl
2012-11-16 Name : VMSA-2012-0016: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl
2012-10-23 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-15981
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_15981_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-10-23 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-15965
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_15965_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-14030
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14030_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-09-26 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-04 (bind)
File : nvt/glsa_201209_04.nasl
2012-09-25 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-14106
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14106_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-09-10 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2012-166-01 bind
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2012_166_01.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-11146
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11146_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-8968
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8968_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-08-14 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-11153
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11153_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-08-10 Name : FreeBSD Ports: bind99
File : nvt/freebsd_bind990.nasl
2012-08-10 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2486-1 (bind9)
File : nvt/deb_2486_1.nasl
2012-08-10 Name : FreeBSD Ports: FreeBSD
File : nvt/freebsd_FreeBSD17.nasl
2012-08-03 Name : Mandriva Update for bind MDVSA-2012:089 (bind)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_089.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for bind CESA-2012:0716 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0716_bind_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for bind CESA-2012:0716 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0716_bind_centos6.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for bind97 CESA-2012:0717 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0717_bind97_centos5.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-8946
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8946_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-8962
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8962_bind_fc15.nasl
2012-06-08 Name : RedHat Update for bind97 RHSA-2012:0717-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0717-01_bind97.nasl
2012-06-08 Name : Ubuntu Update for bind9 USN-1462-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1462_1.nasl
2012-06-08 Name : RedHat Update for bind RHSA-2012:0716-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0716-01_bind.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-11-29 IAVM : 2012-A-0189 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0035032

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 dns zone transfer with zero-length rdata attempt
RuleID : 23608 - Revision : 3 - Type : PROTOCOL-DNS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-04-21 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0066.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-22 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0055.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-29 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-18 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL13660.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_bind_20120814.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-296.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-316.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2012-84.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-2028.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_bind-120605.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_bind-120604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV22555.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV22556.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV22557.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV22625.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.
File : aix_IV22554.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-12-07 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2012-341-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-16 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-20 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_SecUpd2012-004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-20 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_10_8_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-20 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_10_7_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120607_bind97_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120607_bind_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2486.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-28 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_fc5231b6c06611e1b5e0000c299b62e1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8946.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8962.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-18 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_bind-8169.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-15 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2012-166-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8968.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-11 Name : The remote name server may be affected by a denial of service / information d...
File : bind9_991_p1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-11 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-08 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-08 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1462-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_1ecc0d3fae8e11e1965b0024e88a8c98.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:07:47
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