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bind9 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219

In BIND 9.3.0 -> 9.11.35, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.21, and versions 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.35-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.21-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.18 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, exploitation of broken authoritative servers using a flaw in response processing can cause degradation in BIND resolver performance. The way the lame cache is currently designed makes it possible for its internal data structures to grow almost infinitely, which may cause significant delays in client query processing.

Products
bind9
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:9.17.19-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-25219
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Oct 2021, 21:15 UTC

In BIND 9.3.0 -> 9.11.35, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.21, and versions 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.35-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.21-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.18 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, exploitation of broken authoritative servers using a flaw in response processing can cause degradation in BIND resolver performance. The way the lame cache is currently designed makes it possible for its internal data structures to grow almost infinitely, which may cause significant delays in client query processing.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219

bind9

Fixed versions: 1:9.17.19-1

bind9

Fixed versions: 1:9.17.19-1

bind9

Fixed versions: 1:9.17.19-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "713e193eec57b12cb8345f4c8bd1fbcd43ffb58b977e01c8ea512eecc0f824f1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219",
    "summary": "In BIND 9.3.0 -> 9.11.35, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.21, and versions 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.35-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.21-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.18 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, exploitation of broken authoritative servers using a flaw in response processing can cause degradation in BIND resolver performance. The way the lame cache is currently designed makes it possible for its internal data structures to grow almost infinitely, which may cause significant delays in client query processing.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "bind9",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:9.17.19-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "bind9",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "1:9.17.19-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "bind9",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "bind9",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
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                }
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            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "bind9",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "bind9",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/bind9?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-25219.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:02:57.585816923Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-25219"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-25219"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-25219",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419914,
  "published_at": "2021-10-27T21:15:07.613+00:00"
}