CVE-2018-5737

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5737
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC aggressive negative caching can in some cases cause undesirable behavior from named, such as a recursion loop or excessive logging. Deliberate exploitation of this condition could cause operational problems depending on the particular manifestation -- either degradation or denial of service. Affects BIND 9.12.0 and 9.12.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISC BIND CVE-2018-5737 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
May 2018 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisories-CVE-2018-5737: BIND 9.12's serve-stale implementation can cause an assertion failure in rbtdb.c or other undesirable behavior, even if serve-stale is not enabled. CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
BIND Flaw in serve-stale Function Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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 Tony Finch of the University of Cambridge for his assistance in discovering and analyzing this vulnerability.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500050 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503731 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 690608 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for bind (94599fe0-5ca3-11e8-8be1-d05099c0ae8c)
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