Medium severity · published Jan 16, 2019
CVE-2018-5741
Update policies krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain do not enforce controls promised in their documentation
6.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
To provide fine-grained controls over the ability to use Dynamic DNS (DDNS) to update records in a zone, BIND 9 provides a feature called update-policy. Various rules can be configured to limit the types of updates that can be performed by a client, depending on the key used when sending the update request. Unfortunately, some rule types were not initially documented, and when documentation for them was added to the Administrator Reference Manual (ARM) in change #3112, the language that was added to the ARM at that time incorrectly described the behavior of two rule types, krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain. This incorrect documentation could mislead operators into believing that policies they had configured were more restrictive than they actually were. This affects BIND versions prior to BIND 9.11.5 and BIND 9.12.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
B9
BIND 9 · ISC
BIND 9 Versions prior to BIND 9.11.5 and BIND 9.12.3 · source: vendor
BI
Bind · Isc
before 9.11.5; 9.12.0 before 9.12.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5741
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5741
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105379
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041674
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2057
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5741
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