Reachable Assertion Affecting bind-libs package, versions <32:9.11.26-4.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.74% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BINDLIBS-4075183
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2021

Introduced: 28 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-25215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bind-libs to version 32:9.11.26-4.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1989.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-libs package and not the bind-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a query for a record triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects all currently maintained BIND 9 branches (9.11, 9.11-S, 9.16, 9.16-S, 9.17) as well as all other versions of BIND 9.

CVSS Scores

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