CVE-2021-25216

NameCVE-2021-25216
DescriptionIn BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-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 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credential configuration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. For servers that meet these conditions, the ISC SPNEGO implementation is vulnerable to various attacks, depending on the CPU architecture for which BIND was built: For named binaries compiled for 64-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a buffer over-read, leading to a server crash. For named binaries compiled for 32-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a server crash due to a buffer overflow and possibly also to achieve remote code execution. We have determined that standard SPNEGO implementations are available in the MIT and Heimdal Kerberos libraries, which support a broad range of operating systems, rendering the ISC implementation unnecessary and obsolete. Therefore, to reduce the attack surface for BIND users, we will be removing the ISC SPNEGO implementation in the April releases of BIND 9.11 and 9.16 (it had already been dropped from BIND 9.17). We would not normally remove something from a stable ESV (Extended Support Version) of BIND, but since system libraries can replace the ISC SPNEGO implementation, we have made an exception in this case for reasons of stability and security.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2647-1, DSA-4909-1
Debian Bugs987743

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bind9 (PTS)bullseye1:9.16.50-1~deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:9.16.50-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:9.18.28-1~deb12u2fixed
trixie1:9.20.2-1fixed
sid1:9.20.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bind9sourcestretch1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u9DLA-2647-1
bind9sourcebuster1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u5DSA-4909-1
bind9source(unstable)1:9.16.15-1987743

Notes

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2021-25216
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/216a97188d86cb3edb307a40ff5ee61b030eb033 (v9_16_15)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/a875dcc66969ea3995eb6fc1545d39dafcb56b26 (v9_16_15)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/6b0b0c6aba2488f8db5d6cdbc44162b98ffa5ed4 (v9_16_15)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/3fd30e16340afd95ee8c7dca8a5ff7cc35d069bc (v9_16_15)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/565a6a56791b01b86e2fd1eaa1907bf985f2e997 (v9_16_15)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/99132eda0e006932fa5927d4ad81bced0d3b3042 (v9_16_15)
Issue can be mitigated configuring with --disable-isc-spnego and using the system library.

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