QID 330085

Date Published: 2021-08-06

QID 330085: IBM AIX BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability (bind_advisory19)

CVE-2021-25215: By sending a query for DNAME records, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger a failed assertion check and terminate the named process.

Affected Versions:
AIX 7.1, 7.2

QID Detection logic:
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of AIX.

By sending a query for DNAME records, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger a failed assertion check and terminate the named process causing denial of service.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released fixes to resolve this vulnerability. Refer to AIX bind to obtain more information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 330085

    CVE-2021-25215 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    bind_advisory19 URL Logo aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory19.asc
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