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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-1285

CVE-2016-1285

MEDIUM6.8

named in ISC BIND 9

Published Mar 9, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

References(30)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035236

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05087821

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01352

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

6.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 9, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-1285 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence