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BIND 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • On the BIND 9.x server the platform on which the name server software is hosted must be configured to send outgoing DNS messages from a random port.

    <VulnDiscussion>Hosts that run the name server software should not provide any other services and therefore should be configured to respond t...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000447-DNS-000068

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  • The TSIG keys used with the BIND 9.x implementation must be group owned by a privileged account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Incorrect ownership of a TSIG key file could allow an adversary to modify the file, thus defeating the security objective.&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000176-DNS-000019

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The read and write access to a TSIG key file used by a BIND 9.x server must be restricted to only the account that runs the name server software.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Weak permissions of a TSIG key file could allow an adversary to modify the file, thus defeating the security objective.&lt;/V...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000500

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • A BIND 9.x caching name server must implement DNSSEC validation to check all DNS queries for invalid input.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A common vulnerability of applications is unpredictable behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards ag...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000001-DNS-000001

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  • A BIND 9.x master name server must limit the number of concurrent zone transfers between authorized secondary name servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of concurrent sessions reduces the risk of Denial of Service (DoS) to the DNS implementation. Name serve...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000246-DNS-000035

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  • A BIND 9.x implementation configured as a caching name server must restrict recursive queries to only the IP addresses and IP address ranges of known supported clients.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any host that can query a resolving name server has the potential to poison the servers name cache or take advantage of other...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000158-DNS-000015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The BIND 9.x server implementation must uniquely identify and authenticate the other DNS server before responding to a server-to-server transaction, zone transfer and/or dynamic update request using cryptographically based bidirectional authentication to protect the integrity of the information in transit.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Server-to-server (zone transfer) transactions are provided by TSIG, which enforces mutual server authentication using a key t...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000158-DNS-000015

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The BIND 9.x server implementation must utilize separate TSIG key-pairs when securing server-to-server transactions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Server-to-server (zone transfer) transactions are provided by TSIG, which enforces mutual server authentication using a key t...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000176-DNS-000018

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The TSIG keys used with the BIND 9.x implementation must be owned by a privileged account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Incorrect ownership of a TSIG key file could allow an adversary to modify the file, thus defeating the security objective.&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000176-DNS-000018

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • SRG-APP-000243-DNS-000034

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  • A BIND 9.x server implementation must be running in a chroot(ed) directory structure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With any network service, there is the potential that an attacker can exploit a vulnerability within the program that allows ...
    Rule Low Severity
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