7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-25218

Published: 18/08/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

In BIND 9.16.19, 9.17.16. Also, version 9.16.19-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition When a vulnerable version of named receives a query under the circumstances described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects only BIND 9 releases 9.16.19, 9.17.16, and release 9.16.19-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition.

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Vendor Advisories

In BIND 91619, 91716 Also, version 91619-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition When a vulnerable version of named receives a query under the circumstances described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check The vulnerability affects only BIND 9 releases 91619, 91716, and release 91619-S1 of the BIND Suppor ...
In BIND before version 91620, if "named" attempts to respond over UDP with a response that is larger than the current effective interface maximum transmission unit (MTU), and if response-rate limiting (RRL) is active, an assertion failure is triggered (resulting in termination of the "named" server process) ...

Mailing Lists

On August 18, 2021, we (Internet Systems Consortium) have disclosed a vulnerability affecting our BIND software: CVE-2021-25218: A too-strict assertion check could be triggered when responses in BIND 91619 and 91716 require UDP fragmentation if RRL is in use kbiscorg/docs/cve-2021-25218 New versions of BIND are availabl ...
Hello oss-security subscribers -- Earlier in the week we (Internet Systems Consortium) posted information to this list about new versions of our BIND software which contained a fix for an exploitable denial-of-service vector, CVE-2021-25218 The replacement versions contained other fixes, one of which has caused a new problem of which we would li ...