CVE-2018-5734: A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c
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CVE-2018-5734: A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c

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CVE: CVE-2018-5734

Document version: 2.0

Posting date: 28 Feb 2018

Program impacted: BIND

Versions affected: 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2

Severity: High

Exploitable: Remotely

Description:

While handling a particular type of malformed packet, BIND erroneously selects a SERVFAIL rcode instead of a FORMERR rcode. If the receiving view has the SERVFAIL cache feature enabled, this can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c when the request doesn't contain all of the expected information.

Impact:

Servers running the affected versions (9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, and 9.10.6-S2) are vulnerable if they allow recursion, unless the SERVFAIL cache is disabled for the receiving view.

CVSS Score: 7.5

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

For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Workarounds:

Disabling the SERVFAIL cache with 'servfail-ttl 0;' will prevent taking the code path that leads to the assertion failure.

Active exploits: No known active exploits.

Solution: Upgrade to the patched release.

  • No publicly released versions of BIND are affected

BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND 9 provided to eligible ISC support customers.

  • BIND 9 version 9.10.6-S3

Document Revision History:
1.0 Advance Notification, 20 February 2018
2.0 Public Disclosure, 28 February 2018

Related Documents:

See our BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix for a complete listing of Security Vulnerabilities and versions affected.

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Note:

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