ISC BIND 9.7.1 - 9.7.2-P3 IXFR /DDNS Update Combinded with High Query Rate DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5803

Synopsis

The remote DNS server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Description

The remote host is running Bind, a popular name server. Versions of Bind 9.7.1-9.7.2-P3 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability. There is a small window of time after an authoritative server processes a successful IXFR transfer or a dynamic update during which the IXFR / update coupled with a query may cause a deadlock to occur. A server experiencing a high query and/or update rate will have a higher chance of being deadlocked.

Solution

Upgrade to BIND 9.7.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.isc.org/advisories/CVE-2011-0414

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5803

Family: DNS Servers

Published: 2/24/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 52158

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0414

BID: 46491