SB2021060152 - SUSE update for bind 



SB2021060152 - SUSE update for bind

Published: June 1, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021060152
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25214)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when pressing IXFR queries. An IXFR stream containing SOA records with an owner name other than the transferred zone's apex may cause the receiving named server to inadvertently remove the SOA record for the zone in question from the zone database. This leads to an assertion failure when the next SOA refresh query for that zone is made. When a vulnerable version of named receives a malformed IXFR triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion the next time the transferred secondary zone is refreshed.


2) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25215)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when processing DNAME records. A remote attacker can force named to add the same RRset to the ANSWER section more than once, trigger an assertion failure and crash the service. Both authoritative and recursive servers are affected by this issue during zone transfers.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.