Security restrictions bypass in ISC BIND

1) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU16033

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5741

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the documentation of the 'update-policy' feature for the 'krb5-subdomain' and 'ms-subdomain' update policies. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions to modify records in the zone at or below the name specified in the name field.

Mitigation

The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 9.11.5, 9.12.3.

Vulnerable software versions

ISC BIND: 9.11.0 - 9.12.2-P1

External links

http://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5741

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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