USN-3683-1

Andrew Skalski discovered that Bind could incorrectly enable recursion when the "allow-recursion" setting wasn't specified. This issue could improperly permit recursion to all clients, contrary to expectations.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name: bind9
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu1

1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu2

1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu3

1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu4

1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu5

1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9utils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsutils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind9-160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns-export1100",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns1100",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs-export160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libirs160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc-export169",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc169",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwres160",
            "binary_version": "1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-5738",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3683-1.json"