Assertion failure in bind (Alpine package)

1) Assertion failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU3848

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8000

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

A remote attacker can trigger denial of service (DoS) conditions.

The vulnerability exists due to a parsing error when processing incoming responses within db.c file. A remote attacker who can cause a server to request a record with a malformed class attribute can use this bug to trigger a REQUIRE assertion, causing named to exit and denying service to clients.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

bind (Alpine package): 9.6.1-r0 - 9.10.3-r1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:bind_alpine_package:9.6.1-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:1.10
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:bind_alpine_package:9.7.1-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.0
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:bind_alpine_package:9.7.3-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.1

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a9e290c633ebcf446ba180a4b13bfde2142586b7
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1ff937645312f327b3825526db2133d5f1a5edda
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b61c35eaae2f0e5dbb0c7abcd4039ccf887cdf93

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.