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CVE-2016-1285

Published: 9 March 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
bind9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.16)
trusty
Released (1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8)
upstream
Released (9.9.8-P4, 9.10.3-P4)
wily
Released (1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1.3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H