CVE-2017-3145: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can cause named to crash

Brian Conry bconry at isc.org
Tue Jan 16 21:09:28 UTC 2018


CVE-2017-3145: 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

For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to
obtain your specific environmental score please visit:


https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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
    http://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, 9 January 2018
    1.1 Packager Notification, added acknowledgement, 15 January 2018
    2.0 Public announcement, 16 January 2018

Related Documents:

    See our BIND9 Security Vulnerability Matrix at
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00913 for a complete listing of
    Security Vulnerabilities and versions affected.

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