CVE-2015-8461

Upstream information

CVE-2015-8461 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.9.8 before 9.9.8-P2 and 9.10.3 before 9.10.3-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via unspecified vectors.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue only affected bind 9.9.8-9.9.8-P1 and 9.10.3-9.10.3-P1, which SUSE has never shipped. SUSE is not affected by this problem.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 958861 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 958862 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	bind-devel >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 bind-utils >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libbind9-160 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libdns169 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libirs-devel >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libirs160 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libisc166 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libisccc160 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 libisccfg160 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 liblwres160 >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 python3-bind >= 9.11.2-12.8.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	bind-devel >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 bind-utils >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libbind9-160 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libdns169 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libirs-devel >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libirs160 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libisc166 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libisccc160 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 libisccfg160 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 liblwres160 >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 python3-bind >= 9.11.2-12.13.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	bind-devel >= 9.16.6-20.39 bind-utils >= 9.16.6-20.39 libbind9-1600 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libdns1605 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libirs-devel >= 9.16.6-20.39 libirs1601 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libisc1606 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libisccc1600 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libisccfg1600 >= 9.16.6-20.39 libns1604 >= 9.16.6-20.39 python3-bind >= 9.16.6-20.39
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	bind-devel >= 9.11.2-10.4 bind-utils >= 9.11.2-10.4 libbind9-160 >= 9.11.2-10.4 libdns169 >= 9.11.2-10.4 libirs-devel >= 9.11.2-10.4 libirs160 >= 9.11.2-10.4 libisc166 >= 9.11.2-10.4 libisccc160 >= 9.11.2-10.4 libisccfg160 >= 9.11.2-10.4 liblwres160 >= 9.11.2-10.4 python3-bind >= 9.11.2-10.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1	bind >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 bind-chrootenv >= 9.11.2-12.8.1 bind-doc >= 9.11.2-12.8.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2	bind >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 bind-chrootenv >= 9.11.2-12.13.2 bind-doc >= 9.11.2-12.13.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3	bind >= 9.16.6-20.39 bind-chrootenv >= 9.16.6-20.39 bind-doc >= 9.16.6-20.39
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15	bind >= 9.11.2-10.4 bind-chrootenv >= 9.11.2-10.4 bind-doc >= 9.11.2-10.4
openSUSE Leap 15.0	bind >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 bind-chrootenv >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 bind-utils >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libbind9-160 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libdns169 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libirs160 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libisc166 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libisccc160 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 libisccfg160 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 liblwres160 >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2 python3-bind >= 9.11.2-lp150.7.2	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA bind-9.11.2-lp150.7.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed	bind >= 9.16.20-1.4 bind-doc >= 9.16.20-1.4 bind-utils >= 9.16.20-1.4 python3-bind >= 9.16.20-1.4	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA bind-9.16.20-1.4

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-hpc-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sapcal-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210812
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-basic-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-v20210924

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	bind	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4	bind	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	bind	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	bind	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	bind	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	bind	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	bind	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	bind	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	bind	In progress
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	bind	In progress