bind 9 goes rogue and revert zone information

Raul Dias raul at dias.com.br
Tue Feb 7 16:35:57 UTC 2017


I know.

So far, the only files changed are the ones I changed myself, like bind 
config files and vimrc.

No hidden toolkit found too.

I still think that it is easier to be a misconfiguration done by myself.

Still looking for better indications that this could be the case.


On 07/02/2017 12:42, Alberto Colosi wrote:
>
> IP ports not open does not mean is not hacked.
>
> a vulnerability can be used to make a change or an access
>
>
> try to change and audit file access and permission firewall log 
> analisys can give a plus to find a solution (check all IP traffic out 
> from TCP/UDP 53)
>
>
> If you have RNDC , change KEY or disable it
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Raul Dias <raul at dias.com.br>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2017 3:34 PM
> *To:* Alberto Colosi; bind-users at lists.isc.org
> *Subject:* Re: bind 9 goes rogue and revert zone information
>
> Sorry,
> Static files.
> It is the master server.
> No dynamic updates.
> Host under lxc with only bind ports open.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 12:27 Alberto Colosi <alcol at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:alcol at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     hi is unclear named structure if is a slave a master if dynamic
>     updates are enabled and if the unix box has been hacked
>
>     as last , zones are static files on fs ?
>
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* bind-users <bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org
>     <mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org>> on behalf of Raul Dias
>     <raul at dias.com.br <mailto:raul at dias.com.br>>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2017 3:03 PM
>     *To:* bind-users at lists.isc.org <mailto:bind-users at lists.isc.org>
>     *Subject:* bind 9 goes rogue and revert zone information
>     Hello,
>
>     I have a very strange behavior that I am failing to understand.
>
>     2 to 5 times a week, a named server revert back to a previous
>     version os
>     a master zone.
>     This happens during the night, usually around 20h EST.
>
>     This zone has a serial of 3017020401 (yes, I typo the 3 somewhere
>     in the
>     past).
>     When it reverts its zone information, it goes back to 3016060101.
>
>     I have updated, restarted the host, clean all cache and journal
>     files,
>     grep all files in the host for 3016060101 (just shows up in the logs).
>
>     So, I have no clue why, or how it is happening. Where does it get the
>     old information.
>
>     I thought first about the serial, but it would have happened in
>     the past
>     too, right?  As it should be a 32bit unsigned integer, it
>     shouldn't be a
>     problem, IMHO.
>
>     Yet, when "dig domain -t SOA @server", it is there again.
>
>     The host is a debian Jessie and bind is 9.9.5, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u8
>     more specifically.
>
>
>     Thanks for any direction.
>     -rsd
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