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Vulnerability Note VU#229595

Overly large OPT record assertion

Overview

A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in BIND. Based on recent reports, we believe this vulnerability is being actively exploited.

I. Description

A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in BIND 8.3.0 - 8.3.3. ISC's description of this vulnerability states:

    When constucting [sic] a response a NXDOMAIN response to a ENDS query with a large UDP size it is possible to trigger an assertion.

II. Impact

The BIND daemon will shut down. As a result, clients will not be able to connect to the service to resolve queries.

III. Solution

Apply a patch from your vendor. In the absence of a patch, you may wish to consider ISC's recommendation, which is upgrading to "BIND 4.9.11, BIND 8.2.7, BIND 8.3.4 or preferably BIND 9." Additionally, ISC indicates, "BIND 4 is officially deprecated. Only security fixes will be issued for BIND 4."

Disable recursion if possible.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
3ComUnknown12-Nov-2002
AdnsUnknown12-Nov-2002
AksUnknown12-Nov-2002
AlcatelUnknown25-Feb-2003
Apache Software FoundationUnknown12-Nov-2002
Apple Computer Inc.Vulnerable26-Feb-2003
AT&TUnknown12-Nov-2002
AvayaUnknown12-Nov-2002
BlueCat NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
BSDiUnknown12-Nov-2002
Check PointUnknown12-Nov-2002
Cisco Systems Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
CistronUnknown12-Nov-2002
Command SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
Compaq Computer CorporationUnknown12-Nov-2002
Computer AssociatesUnknown12-Nov-2002
ConectivaUnknown12-Nov-2002
CovalentUnknown12-Nov-2002
Cray Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
CyberSoftUnknown12-Nov-2002
D-Link SystemsUnknown12-Nov-2002
Data FellowsUnknown12-Nov-2002
Data GeneralUnknown12-Nov-2002
Data GeneralUnknown12-Nov-2002
DebianUnknown12-Nov-2002
DjbdnsUnknown12-Nov-2002
EngardeUnknown12-Nov-2002
F-SecureUnknown12-Nov-2002
F5 NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
Finjan SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
FreeBSDUnknown12-Nov-2002
FreeRADIUSUnknown12-Nov-2002
FujitsuUnknown12-Nov-2002
Funk SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
GFI SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
GNU glibcUnknown12-Nov-2002
Heimdal Kerberos ProjectUnknown12-Nov-2002
Hewlett-Packard CompanyVulnerable24-Feb-2003
IBMVulnerable9-Dec-2002
InfoBloxUnknown12-Nov-2002
IntelUnknown12-Nov-2002
Interlink NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
InterSoft International Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
iPlanetUnknown12-Nov-2002
Juniper NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
KTH KerberosUnknown12-Nov-2002
LachmanUnknown12-Nov-2002
Lotus SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
Lucent TechnologiesUnknown12-Nov-2002
Macromedia Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
MadgoatUnknown12-Nov-2002
MandrakeSoftUnknown12-Nov-2002
Men&MiceUnknown12-Nov-2002
MetaSolv Software Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
Microsoft CorporationUnknown12-Nov-2002
MIT Kerberos Development TeamUnknown12-Nov-2002
MontaVista SoftwareNot Vulnerable12-Nov-2002
MultinetUnknown12-Nov-2002
NCFTP SoftwareUnknown12-Nov-2002
NCSAUnknown12-Nov-2002
NEC CorporationUnknown12-Nov-2002
NET-SNMPUnknown12-Nov-2002
NetBSDUnknown12-Nov-2002
Network ApplianceUnknown12-Nov-2002
NeXTUnknown12-Nov-2002
NixuUnknown12-Nov-2002
NokiaUnknown12-Nov-2002
NominumNot Vulnerable13-Nov-2002
Nortel NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
Open GroupUnknown12-Nov-2002
OpenBSDUnknown12-Nov-2002
OpenSSHUnknown12-Nov-2002
Openwall GNU/*/LinuxUnknown12-Nov-2002
Oracle CorporationUnknown12-Nov-2002
PuttyUnknown12-Nov-2002
RADIUSClientUnknown12-Nov-2002
Red Hat Inc.Vulnerable12-Nov-2002
Riverstone NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
RSA SecurityUnknown12-Nov-2002
SendmailUnknown12-Nov-2002
SequentUnknown12-Nov-2002
SequentUnknown12-Nov-2002
SGIUnknown12-Nov-2002
ShadowSupportUnknown12-Nov-2002
Sony CorporationUnknown12-Nov-2002
SophosUnknown12-Nov-2002
Sun Microsystems Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
SuSE Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
Symantec CorporationUnknown1-Apr-2003
The OpenPKG ProjectVulnerable19-Nov-2002
The SCO Group (SCO Linux)Unknown12-Nov-2002
Threshold NetworksUnknown12-Nov-2002
Trend MicroUnknown12-Nov-2002
TrustixVulnerable18-Nov-2002
UnisysUnknown12-Nov-2002
Wind River Systems Inc.Unknown12-Nov-2002
WirexUnknown12-Nov-2002
Xerox CorporationNot Vulnerable30-May-2003
Xi GraphicsUnknown12-Nov-2002
XTRADIUSUnknown12-Nov-2002
YARD RADIUSUnknown12-Nov-2002

References


http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-013.shtml

Credit

Internet Security Systems is credited for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ian A Finlay.

Other Information

Date Public:2002-11-12
Date First Published:2002-11-13
Date Last Updated:2003-05-30
CERT Advisory:CA-2002-31
CVE-ID(s):CAN-2002-1220
NVD-ID(s):CAN-2002-1220
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:33.05
Document Revision:26

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