Moderate: bind9.16 security and bug fix update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-2795   CVE-2022-3094   CVE-2022-3736   CVE-2022-3924  

Synopsis

Moderate: bind9.16 security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for bind9.16 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

Security Fix(es):

  • bind: processing large delegations may severely degrade resolver performance (CVE-2022-2795)
  • bind: flooding with UPDATE requests may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-3094)
  • bind: sending specific queries to the resolver may cause a DoS (CVE-2022-3736)
  • bind: sending specific queries to the resolver may cause a DoS (CVE-2022-3924)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2115322 - bind9.16-dnssec-utils should be in AppStream repository
  • BZ - 2128584 - CVE-2022-2795 bind: processing large delegations may severely degrade resolver performance
  • BZ - 2164032 - CVE-2022-3094 bind: flooding with UPDATE requests may lead to DoS
  • BZ - 2164038 - CVE-2022-3736 bind: sending specific queries to the resolver may cause a DoS
  • BZ - 2164039 - CVE-2022-3924 bind: sending specific queries to the resolver may cause a DoS