vulnerability
Arch Linux: Content spoofing (CVE-2021-25220)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 23, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 23, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
When using forwarders in BIND, bogus NS records supplied by, or via, those forwarders may be cached and used by named if it needs to recurse for any reason, causing it to obtain and pass on potentially incorrect answers. The cache could become poisoned with incorrect records leading to queries being made to the wrong servers, which might also result in false information being returned to clients. Authoritative-only BIND 9 servers are not vulnerable to this flaw.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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