QID 15129

Date Published: 2022-06-01

QID 15129: ISC BIND Domain Name System (DNS) forwarders - cache poisoning Vulnerability

ISC BIND (Berkley Internet Domain Name) is an implementation of DNS protocols.

Affected versions:
BIND from 9.11.0 prior to 9.11.37
BIND from 9.12.0 prior to 9.16.27
BIND from 9.17.0 prior to 9.18.1
BIND Preview Edition from 9.11.4-S1 prior to 9.11.37-S1
BIND Preview Edition from 9.16.8-S1 prior to 9.16.27-S1

Patched Versions:
BIND 9.11.36
BIND 9.16.22
BIND 9.17.19
BIND 9.11.36-S1
BIND 9.16.22-S1

QID Detection Logic:
This unauthenticated check detects vulnerable systems by fetching the version information from the BIND service.

The cache could become poisoned with incorrect records leading to queries being made to the wrong servers

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to the patched version latest release of ISC BIND.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 15129

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    cve-2021-25220 URL Logo kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2021-25220