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CVE-2016-8864

Date: November 2, 2016

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query, related to db.c and resolver.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (23)

Url: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-26

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8864

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8864

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8864

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8864

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html

Url: https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html

Url: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434

Url: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435

Url: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436

Url: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437

Url: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8864

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8864

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-8864

Date: November 2, 2016

Language: C

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