Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting bind-sdb package, versions <32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.19


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDSDB-14138545
  • published27 Nov 2025
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-40778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bind-sdb to version 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.19 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:22205.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-sdb package and not the bind-sdb package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.

CVSS Base Scores

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