CVE-2017-3138

NameCVE-2017-3138
Descriptionnamed contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-957-1, DSA-3854-1
Debian Bugs860226

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bind9 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u31fixed
stretch (security)1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u12fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u17fixed
buster, buster (lts)1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u13fixed
buster (security)1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u11fixed
bullseye1:9.16.50-1~deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:9.16.50-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1:9.18.28-1~deb12u2fixed
trixie1:9.20.4-2fixed
sid1:9.20.4-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bind9sourcewheezy1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u16DLA-957-1
bind9sourcejessie1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u11DSA-3854-1
bind9source(unstable)1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3860226

Notes

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01471
Fixed by (9.10.x): https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git;a=commitdiff;h=a636604b20cc0aaabc8edbb7595f7c1c820b7610
In practice for any Debian version applying this commit is merely
hardening, since the feature to allow only a subset of "read only"
commands was added only in 9.11.0 and before existing commands permitted
over the control channel were already be given to cause the server to stop.
The CVE-2017-3138 is barely an issue in practice anyway.

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