CVE-2018-5741

Update policies krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain do not enforce controls promised in their documentation

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 16, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBIND

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

To provide fine-grained controls over the ability to use Dynamic DNS (DDNS) to update records in a zone, BIND 9 provides a feature called update-policy. Various rules can be configured to limit the types of updates that can be performed by a client, depending on the key used when sending the update request. Unfortunately, some rule types were not initially documented, and when documentation for them was added to the Administrator Reference Manual (ARM) in change #3112, the language that was added to the ARM at that time incorrectly described the behavior of two rule types, krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain. This incorrect documentation could mislead operators into believing that policies they had configured were more restrictive than they actually were. This affects BIND versions prior to BIND 9.11.5 and BIND 9.12.3.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 9.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (9)

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMisc
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863

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