CVE-2017-3145: CVE-2017-3145: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can c

Improper sequencing during cleanup can lead to a use-after-free error, triggering an assertion failure and crash in named.

CVE: CVE-2017-3145

Document Version: 2.0

Posting date: 16 January 2018

Program Impacted: BIND

Versions affected: 9.0.0 to 9.8.x, 9.9.0 to 9.9.11, 9.10.0 to 9.10.6, 9.11.0 to 9.11.2, 9.9.3-S1 to 9.9.11-S1, 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.6-S1, 9.12.0a1 to 9.12.0rc1

Severity: High

Exploitable: Remotely

Description:

BIND was improperly sequencing cleanup operations on upstream recursion fetch contexts, leading in some cases to a use-after-free error that can trigger an assertion failure and crash in named.

Impact:

While this bug has existed in BIND since 9.0.0, there are no known code paths leading to it in ISC releases prior to those containing the fix for CVE-2017-3137. Thus while all instances of BIND ought to be patched, only ISC versions [9.9.9-P8 to 9.9.11, 9.10.4-P8 to 9.10.6, 9.11.0-P5 to 9.11.2, 9.9.9-S10 to 9.9.11-S1, 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.6-S1, and 9.12.0a1 to 9.12.0rc1] acting as DNSSEC validating resolvers are currently known to crash due to this bug. The known crash is an assertion failure in netaddr.c.

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

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Workarounds:

If an operator is experiencing crashes due to this, temporarily disabling DNSSEC validation can be used to avoid the known problematic code path while replacement builds are prepared.

Active exploits:

No known active exploits, but crashes due to this bug have been reported by multiple parties.

Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND. These can all be downloaded from https://www.isc.org/downloads.

• BIND 9 version 9.9.11-P1

• BIND 9 version 9.10.6-P1

• BIND 9 version 9.11.2-P1

• BIND 9 version 9.12.0rc2

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

• BIND 9 version 9.9.11-S2

• BIND 9 version 9.10.6-S2

Acknowledgements: ISC would like to thank Jayachandran Palanisamy of Cygate AB for making us aware of this vulnerability.

Document Revision History:

1.0 Advance Notification, 09 January 2018
1.1 Packager Notification, added acknowledgement, 15 January 2018
2.0 Public Release, 16 January 2018

Related Documents:

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

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