Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-25215

Title: BIND 9 Malformed Query Assertion Failure DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-25215.

CWE Category CWE-617
Published Date Apr 29, 2021
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-25215: In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-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 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a query for a record triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects all currently maintained BIND 9 branches (9.11, 9.11-S, 9.16, 9.16-S, 9.17) as well as all other versions of BIND 9.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/4 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2021-25215 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00001.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEC2XG4Q2ODTN2C4CGXEIXU3EUTBMK7L/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDSRPCJQ7MZC6CENH5PO3VQOFI7VSWBE/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0006/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4909 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/29/4 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2021-25215 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00001.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEC2XG4Q2ODTN2C4CGXEIXU3EUTBMK7L/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDSRPCJQ7MZC6CENH5PO3VQOFI7VSWBE/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0006/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4909 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-25215 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.