CVE-2018-5741

MEDIUM

BIND < 9.11.5 - Incorrect Authorization in Dynamic DNS Update Policy

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190830-0001/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105379
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041674
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5741
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-13
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2057

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
isc/bind < 9.11.5
Published Jan 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026