CVE-2019-6469

BIND Supported Preview Edition can exit with an assertion failure if ECS is in use

Published Oct 9, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) feature for recursive resolvers can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure when processing a response that has malformed RRSIGs. Versions affected: BIND 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.6-S1 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. >= BIND 9.11.7-S1


Vendor Workaround

Only servers which have enabled the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) feature can be affected by this defect; it can be prevented by disabling ECS options in the server's configuration.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16029 An error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) feature for recursive resolvers can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure when processing a response that has malformed RRSIGs. Versions affected: BIND 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.6-S1 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition.
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
isc
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:30 AM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 9, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:39 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 30, 2019, 12:00 AM