DNS: ISC BIND RRSIG Query With RPZ Denial of Service

A denial of service vulnerability exists in ISC BIND. The vulnerability is caused by an assertion failure when processing RRSIG queries if Response Policy Zones (RPZ) are configured to force a specific RRSet for some name. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending RRSIG requests to the vulnerable server. Successful exploitation would result in an assertion failure in a server resulting in a server crash, leading to a denial of service condition.

Extended Description

ISC BIND is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the software fails to properly handle certain record types. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application process to crash, denying service to legitimate users. NOTE: This issue only affects BIND users who use the RPZ feature configured for RRset replacement. ISC BIND version 9.8.0 is vulnerable.

Affected Products

Red_hat fedora

References

BugTraq: 47734

CVE: CVE-2011-1907

Short Name
DNS:BIND-RRSIG-QUERY-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DNS
Keywords
BIND CVE-2011-1907 Denial ISC Query RPZ RRSIG Service With bid:47734 of
Release Date
06/02/2011
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Red_hat

CVSS Score

5.0

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