CVE-2021-25215

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25215
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-29 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:31:00 UTC
DescriptionIn BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-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 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a query for a record triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects all currently maintained BIND 9 branches (9.11, 9.11-S, 9.16, 9.16-S, 9.17) as well as all other versions of BIND 9.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Isc Bind All All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.5 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.10.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.12 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.21 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.27 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.29 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.6 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.11 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.13 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.12 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.13 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 s1 All All
Hardware Netapp 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp 500f Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp A250 Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Application Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution All All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
April 2021 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216) MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: bind-dyndb-ldap-11.7-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: bind-9.11.31-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: bind-dyndb-ldap-11.7-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4909-1 bind9 DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216) MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2647-1] bind9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: bind-9.11.31-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-25215: An assertion check can fail while answering queries for DNAME records that require the DNAME to be processed to resolve itself - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org
oss-security - Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216) MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216) MLIST www.openwall.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 Siva Kakarla for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 15126 ISC BIND Assertion Failure Vulnerability
  • 159171 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (ELSA-2021-1469)
  • 159174 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (ELSA-2021-9213)
  • 159232 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (ELSA-2021-1989)
  • 174977 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1469-1)
  • 174978 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1471-1)
  • 174979 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1468-1)
  • 178573 Debian Security Update for bind9 (DSA 4909-1)
  • 178593 Debian Security Update for bind9 (DSA 4909-1)
  • 178594 Debian Security Update for bind9 (DLA 2647-1)
  • 180392 Debian Security Update for bind9 (CVE-2021-25215)
  • 198348 Ubuntu Security Notification for Bind vulnerabilities (USN-4929-1)
  • 239267 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:1478)
  • 239268 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:1477)
  • 239269 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:1469)
  • 239279 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:2028)
  • 239283 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:2024)
  • 239284 Red Hat Update for bind (RHSA-2021:1989)
  • 257082 CentOS Security Update for bind (CESA-2021:1469)
  • 281228 Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2021-47f23870ec)
  • 281229 Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2021-ace61cbee1)
  • 296068 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 34.94.4 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 330085 IBM AIX BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability (bind_advisory19)
  • 352376 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for bind: ALAS2-2021-1635
  • 352483 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for bind: ALAS-2021-1508
  • 375664 F5 BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM BIG-IP BIND Vulnerability (K96223611)
  • 377078 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for bind (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0026)
  • 500060 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503740 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 670424 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1975)
  • 670478 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2236)
  • 670504 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2262)
  • 670562 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2320)
  • 670596 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2354)
  • 671133 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2572)
  • 672329 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2022-2759)
  • 672358 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2022-2724)
  • 672424 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2022-2842)
  • 672461 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2022-2817)
  • 672477 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2023-1032)
  • 672510 EulerOS Security Update for dhcp (EulerOS-SA-2023-1007)
  • 730121 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3484,WP-3744,WP-3745,WP-3746,WP-3747,WP-3793,WP-3800)
  • 750091 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1826-1)
  • 750231 OpenSUSE Security Update for bind (openSUSE-SU-2021:0668-1)
  • 750804 OpenSUSE Security Update for bind (openSUSE-SU-2021:1826-1)
  • 900029 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bind 9.16.3
  • 902997 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bind (4170)
  • 940043 AlmaLinux Security Update for bind (ALSA-2021:1989)
  • 960049 Rocky Linux Security Update for bind (RLSA-2021:1989)
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