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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHSA-2010:0062-02 Moderate: Bind DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Security Alert: Moderate bind enhancement resolves caching vulnerabilities and DNSSEC defects for RHEL 5.
Updated bind packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat S...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.
A flaw was found in the BIND DNSSEC NSEC/NSEC3 validation code. If BIND was running as a DNSSEC-validating resolver, it could incorrectly cache NXDOMAIN responses, as if they were valid, for records proven by NSEC or NSEC3 to exist. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a BIND server to return the bogus, cached NXDOMAIN responses for valid records and prevent users from retrieving those records (denial of service). (CVE-2010-0097)
The original fix for CVE-2009-4022 was found to be incomplete. BIND was incorrectly caching certain responses without performing proper DNSSEC validation. CNAME and DNAME records could be cached, without proper DNSSEC validation, when received from processing recursive client queries that requested DNSSEC records but indicated that checking should be disabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass the DNSSEC validation check and perform a cache poisoning attack if the target BIND server was receiving such client queries. (CVE-2010-0290)
All BIND users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0097 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0290 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-sdb-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-utils-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: bind-chroot-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm caching-nameserver-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: bind-chroot-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm caching-nameserver-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0062-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-01-20

Topic

Updated bind packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

554851 - CVE-2010-0097 BIND DNSSEC NSEC/NSEC3 validation code could cause bogus NXDOMAIN responses

557121 - CVE-2010-0290 BIND upstream fix for CVE-2009-4022 is incomplete

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