BIND: Incorrect signature verification

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Updated March 09, 2009

1.  Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Version Information

Advisory Reference GLSA 200903-14 / bind
Release Date March 09, 2009
Latest Revision March 09, 2009: 01
Impact normal
Exploitable remote
Package Vulnerable versions Unaffected versions Architecture(s)
net-dns/bind < 9.4.3_p1 >= 9.4.3_p1 All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #254134, #257949

Synopsis

Incomplete verification of RSA and DSA certificates might lead to spoofed records authenticated using DNSSEC.

2.  Impact Information

Background

ISC BIND is the Internet Systems Consortium implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.

Description

BIND does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL functions to verify DSA (CVE-2009-0025) and RSA (CVE-2009-0265) certificates.

Impact

A remote attacker could bypass validation of the certificate chain to spoof DNSSEC-authenticated records.

3.  Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.4.3_p1"

4.  References