SB2021083124 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for bind
Published: August 31, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25214)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when pressing IXFR queries. An IXFR stream containing SOA records with an owner name other than the transferred zone's apex may cause the receiving named
server to inadvertently remove the SOA record for the zone in question
from the zone database. This leads to an assertion failure when the next
SOA refresh query for that zone is made. When a vulnerable version of named receives a malformed IXFR triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion the next time the transferred secondary zone is refreshed.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.