CVE-2017-3138

Summary

CVECVE-2017-3138
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:27:00 UTC
Descriptionnamed contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 beta1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 s7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.4 p7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.0 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 beta1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.10 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 p7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.9 s7 All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Balance - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Balance - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3854-1 bind9 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
April 2017 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-3138: named exits with a REQUIRE assertion failure if it receives a null command string on its control channel - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
ISC BIND CVE-2017-3138 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
BIND Null Command String Processing Lets Remote Users on Authorized Hosts Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-01) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: ISC would like to thank Mike Lalumiere of Dyn, Inc., for bringing this issue to our attention.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500048 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503729 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 710473 Gentoo Linux BIND Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-01)
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