CVE-2021-25216

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25216
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-29 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionIn BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-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 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credential configuration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. For servers that meet these conditions, the ISC SPNEGO implementation is vulnerable to various attacks, depending on the CPU architecture for which BIND was built: For named binaries compiled for 64-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a buffer over-read, leading to a server crash. For named binaries compiled for 32-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a server crash due to a buffer overflow and possibly also to achieve remote code execution. We have determined that standard SPNEGO implementations are available in the MIT and Heimdal Kerberos libraries, which support a broad range of operating systems, rendering the ISC implementation unnecessary and obsolete. Therefore, to reduce the attack surface for BIND users, we will be removing the ISC SPNEGO implementation in the April releases of BIND 9.11 and 9.16 (it had already been dropped from BIND 9.17). We would not normally remove something from a stable ESV (Extended Support Version) of BIND, but since system libraries can replace the ISC SPNEGO implementation, we have made an exception in this case for reasons of stability and security.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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
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
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff 500f Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff A250 Firmware - 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 Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZDI-21-657 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com
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
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
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 an anonymous party, working in conjunction with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, for reporting this issue to us.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 15124 ISC BIND Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • 174977 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1469-1)
  • 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)
  • 179764 Debian Security Update for bind9 (CVE-2021-25216)
  • 198348 Ubuntu Security Notification for Bind vulnerabilities (USN-4929-1)
  • 296068 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 34.94.4 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 500060 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503740 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 730121 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3484,WP-3744,WP-3745,WP-3746,WP-3747,WP-3793,WP-3800)
  • 900029 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bind 9.16.3
  • 902859 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bind (4177)
  • 904823 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for dhcp (12321)
  • 904991 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for dhcp (12482)
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