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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.2880
K77326807: BIND vulnerability CVE-2021-25219
13 June 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIG-IP
Publisher: F5 Networks
Operating System: Network Appliance
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-25219
Original Bulletin:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K77326807
Comment: CVSS (Max): 5.3 CVE-2021-25219 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVSS Source: F5 Networks
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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K77326807: BIND vulnerability CVE-2021-25219
Original Publication Date: 09 Nov, 2021
Latest Publication Date: 11 Jun, 2022
Security Advisory Description
In BIND 9.3.0 -> 9.11.35, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.21, and versions 9.9.3-S1 ->
9.11.35-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.21-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as
well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.18 of the BIND 9.17 development branch,
exploitation of broken authoritative servers using a flaw in response
processing can cause degradation in BIND resolver performance. The way the lame
cache is currently designed makes it possible for its internal data structures
to grow almost infinitely, which may cause significant delays in client query
processing. (CVE-2021-25219)
Impact
This vulnerability could be abused by an attacker to significantly degrade
resolver performance.
BIG-IP
The BIG-IP system is affected only when the Use BIND Server on BIG-IP feature
is enabled in the DNS profile. To verify, go to Local Traffic > Profiles >
Services, and select the affected DNS profile.
Security Advisory Status
F5 Product Development has assigned ID 1058153 (BIG-IP) and ID 1058701 (BIG-IQ)
to this vulnerability.
To determine if your product and version have been evaluated for this
vulnerability, refer to the Applies to (see versions) box. To determine if your
release is known to be vulnerable, the components or features that are affected
by the vulnerability, and for information about releases, point releases, or
hotfixes that address the vulnerability, refer to the following table. For more
information about security advisory versioning, refer to K51812227:
Understanding security advisory versioning.
Note: After a fix is introduced for a given minor branch, that fix applies to
all subsequent maintenance and point releases for that branch, and no
additional fixes for that branch will be listed in the table. For example, when
a fix is introduced in 14.1.2.3, the fix also applies to 14.1.2.4, and all
later 14.1.x releases (14.1.3.x., 14.1.4.x). For more information, refer to
K51812227: Understanding security advisory versioning. Additionally, software
versions preceding those listed in the Applies to (see versions) box of this
article have reached the End of Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their
lifecycle and are no longer evaluated for security issues. For more
information, refer to the Security hotfixes section of K4602: Overview of the
F5 security vulnerability response policy.
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| | |Versions known|Fixes | |CVSSv3|Vulnerable |
|Product |Branch|to be |introduced|Severity |score^|component or |
| | |vulnerable^1 |in | |2 |feature |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |17.x |None |17.0.0 | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |16.x |16.1.0 - |16.1.3 | | | |
| | |16.1.2 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |15.x |15.1.0 - |None | | | |
| | |15.1.5 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IP (all |14.x |14.1.0 - |None | | | |
|modules) | |14.1.4 | |Medium |5.3 |BIND^3 |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |13.x |13.1.0 - |13.1.5 | | | |
| | |13.1.4 | | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |12.x |12.1.0 - |Will not | | | |
| | |12.1.6 |fix | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |11.x |11.6.1 - |Will not | | | |
| | |11.6.5 |fix | | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
| |8.x |8.0.0 - 8.2.0 |None | | | |
| +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
|BIG-IQ |7.x |None |Not | | | |
|Centralized | | |applicable|Medium |5.3 |BIND |
|Management +------+--------------+----------+ | | |
| |6.x |None |Not | | | |
| | | |applicable| | | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|F5OS |1.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
|Traffix SDC |5.x |None |Not |Not |None |None |
| | | |applicable|vulnerable| | |
+------------+------+--------------+----------+----------+------+-------------+
^1F5 evaluates only software versions that have not yet reached the End of
Technical Support (EoTS) phase of their lifecycle.
^2The CVSSv3 score link takes you to a resource outside of AskF5, and it is
possible that the document may be removed without our knowledge.
^3The BIG-IP system is affected only when the Use BIND Server on BIG-IP feature
is enabled in the DNS profile. To verify, go to Local Traffic > Profiles >
Services, and select the affected DNS profile.
Recommended Actions
If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable
column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by installing a version listed in
the Fixes introduced in column. If the Fixes introduced in column does not list
a version for your branch, then no update candidate currently exists for that
branch and F5 recommends upgrading to a version with the fix (refer to the
table).
If the Fixes introduced in column lists a version prior to the one you are
running, in the same branch, then your version should have the fix.
Mitigation
To mitigate this vulnerability, you can disable the lame cache by setting
lame-ttl 0 in the named.conf file. To do so, perform the following procedure.
Impact of action: This procedure disables lame caching in the BIND
configuration and restarts the system service that may affect the BIG-IP system
responding to DNS queries. F5 recommends that you perform this procedure during
a scheduled maintenance period.
Note: You should perform the procedure for the /var/dnscached/config/named.conf
file as well if you are using BIND with the BIG-IP APM module. /var/dnscached/
config/named.conf is valid only if the BIG-IP system is provisioned or was
previously provisioned with the BIG-IP APM module.
1. Log in to the Advanced Shell (bash) of the BIG-IP system as the root user.
2. Create a backup of the named.conf file by entering the following command:
cp /var/named/config/named.conf /var/named/config/named.conf.SOLK77326807
If you are using BIND with BIG-IP APM, enter the following command:
cp /var/dnscached/config/named.conf /var/dnscached/config/
named.conf.SOLK77326807
3. Use an editor of your choice to add the following line to the options
stanza of the named.conf file:
lame-ttl 0;
Repeat this step for /var/dnscached/config/named.conf as appropriate. For
VIPRION platforms with multiple blades, when you edit /var/dnscached/config
/named.conf, you must make the same change manually on all blades.
Note: For /var/named/config/named.conf, changes are automatically
synchronized to all blades in the cluster.
4. If you have modified the configuration of the dnscached service in step 3,
you must restart the dnscached service by typing the following command:
tmsh restart /sys service dnscached
5. If you have modified the configuration of the named service in step 3, you
must restart the named service by typing the following command:
tmsh restart /sys service named
Supplemental Information
o K41942608: Overview of security advisory articles
o K4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy
o K4918: Overview of the F5 critical issue hotfix policy
o K8986: F5 software lifecycle policy
o K9502: BIG-IP hotfix and point release matrix
o K13123: Managing BIG-IP product hotfixes (11.x - 16.x)
o K15106: Managing BIG-IQ product hotfixes
o K15113: BIG-IQ hotfix and point release matrix
o K167: Downloading software and firmware from F5
o K9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products
o K9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents
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