UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3140

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3140
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3140.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3140
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:48Z
Published
2019-01-16T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:18:21.209392Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

If named is configured to use Response Policy Zones (RPZ) an error processing some rule types can lead to a condition where BIND will endlessly loop while handling a query. Affects BIND 9.9.10, 9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name
bind9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.9
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.10
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.11
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.12
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-doc",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9utils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsutils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind9-90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns100",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc95",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwres90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lwresd",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name
bind9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1ubuntu1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P2-4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P2-5
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-3
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-5
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.2
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.3
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-doc",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-host-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9utils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsutils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsutils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind-export-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind9-140",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind9-140-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns-export162",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns-export162-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns-export162-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns-export162-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns162",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns162-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs-export141",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs-export141-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs-export141-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs-export141-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs141",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs141-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc-export160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc-export160-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc-export160-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc-export160-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc160-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export140",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export140-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export140-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export140-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc140",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc140-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export140",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export140-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export140-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export140-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg140",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg140-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwres141",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwres141-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lwresd",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lwresd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6"
        }
    ]
}