Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in ISC BIND Products
CVE-2016-8864

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Isc
Status
Bind
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 November 2016

What is CVE-2016-8864?

A vulnerability exists in ISC BIND versions prior to 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.0-P1 which allows remote attackers to induce a denial of service through a crafted DNAME record in response to a recursive query. This can lead to an assertion failure and subsequent daemon crash, impacting the availability of services relying on affected BIND installations.

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References

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156
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EPSS Score

48% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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