CVE-2018-5738

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5738
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-30 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionChange #4777 (introduced in October 2017) introduced an unforeseen issue in releases which were issued after that date, affecting which clients are permitted to make recursive queries to a BIND nameserver. The intended (and documented) behavior is that if an operator has not specified a value for the "allow-recursion" setting, it SHOULD default to one of the following: none, if "recursion no;" is set in named.conf; a value inherited from the "allow-query-cache" or "allow-query" settings IF "recursion yes;" (the default for that setting) AND match lists are explicitly set for "allow-query-cache" or "allow-query" (see the BIND9 Administrative Reference Manual section 6.2 for more details); or the intended default of "allow-recursion {localhost; localnets;};" if "recursion yes;" is in effect and no values are explicitly set for "allow-query-cache" or "allow-query". However, because of the regression introduced by change #4777, it is possible when "recursion yes;" is in effect and no match list values are provided for "allow-query-cache" or "allow-query" for the setting of "allow-recursion" to inherit a setting of all hosts from the "allow-query" setting default, improperly permitting recursion to all clients. Affects BIND 9.9.12, 9.10.7, 9.11.3, 9.12.0->9.12.1-P2, the development release 9.13.0, and also releases 9.9.12-S1, 9.10.7-S1, 9.11.3-S1, and 9.11.3-S2 from BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.7 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.13.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.12 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.12 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.7 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.12.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.13.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.12 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.12 s1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2018-5738: Some versions of BIND can improperly permit recursive query service to unauthorized clients - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3683-1: Bind vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
BIND Recursion Access Control Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information About Previous Nameserver Queries - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2018-5738 ISC BIND Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
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 Andrew Skalski for reporting this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500051 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503732 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 710200 Gentoo Linux BIND Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-13)
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