Input validation error in ISC BIND - CVE-2015-4620
Published: July 8, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33826
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4620
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
name.c in named in ISC BIND 9.7.x through 9.9.x before 9.9.7-P1 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P2, when configured as a recursive resolver with DNSSEC validation, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) by constructing crafted zone data and then making a query for a name in that zone.
Affected software
ISC BIND
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
bind (Alpine package)
bind
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
bind (Alpine package)
bind
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4620
Install update from vendor's website.
bind (Alpine package) - update to 9.9.7_p2-r0
bind - addressed in versions 9.9.6-9.P1.fc21, 9.10.2-3.P2.fc22
bind - addressed in versions 9.9.6-9.P1.fc21, 9.10.2-3.P2.fc22
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162040.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162286.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00038.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143740940810833&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1443.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1471.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75588
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032799
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2669-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01267
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01305
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01306
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01307
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190903-0003/