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ISC BIND "query_addsoa" Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA25070
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Last Update: 2007-05-04
Popularity: 8,290 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:ISC BIND 9.4.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2241


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in BIND, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when invoking the "query_addsoa()" function. This can be exploited to cause the nameserver to exit by sending a specially crafted sequence of queries.

Successful exploitation requires that "recursion" is enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in BIND version 9.4.0, and BIND versions 9.5.0a1, 9.5.0a2, and 9.5.0a3.

Solution:
Update to BIND 9.4.1.
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.4.1/bind-9.4.1.tar.gz

Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Window 2003 binary kits:
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.4.1/BIND9.4.1.zip
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.4.1/BIND9.4.1.debug.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-05-04: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/bind-security.php

Other References:
US-CERT VU#718460:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718460

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