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Assessment Title
Rule Text
Every NS record in a zone file on a BIND 9.x server must point to an active name server and that name server must be authoritative for the domain specified in that record.
Description
Discussion Text
Poorly constructed NS records pose a security risk because they create conditions under which an adversary might be able to provide the missing authoritative name services that are improperly specified in the zone file. The adversary could issue bogus responses to queries that clients would accept because they learned of the adversary's name server from a valid authoritative name server, one that need not be compromised for this attack to be successful.
The list of secondary servers must remain current with any changes to the zone architecture that would affect the list of secondaries. If a secondary server has been retired or is not operational but remains on the list, an adversary might have a greater opportunity to impersonate that secondary without detection, rather than if the secondary were actually online. For example, the adversary may be able to spoof the retired secondary's IP address without an IP address conflict, which would not be likely to occur if the true secondary were active.
The list of secondary servers must remain current with any changes to the zone architecture that would affect the list of secondaries. If a secondary server has been retired or is not operational but remains on the list, an adversary might have a greater opportunity to impersonate that secondary without detection, rather than if the secondary were actually online. For example, the adversary may be able to spoof the retired secondary's IP address without an IP address conflict, which would not be likely to occur if the true secondary were active.
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