CVE-2015-5722

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5722
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-05 02:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionbuffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by creating a zone containing a malformed DNSSEC key and issuing a query for a name in that zone.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 5.0.15 All All All
Application Isc Bind All p3 All All
Application Isc Bind All p2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: bind-9.9.6-11.P1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bind-9.10.2-5.P4.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
BIND 9.9.8-S1 Release Notes | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1480-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
BIND: Denial of Service (GLSA 201510-01) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1667-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: Firewall Enterprise update fixes BIND CVE-2015-5722 and CVE-2015-5986 vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0227-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
ISC BIND 'buffer.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: dnsperf-2.0.0.0-18.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: bind99-9.9.7-7.P3.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of OS X Server 5.0.15 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3350-1 bind9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1496-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2728-1: Bind vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-8 OS X Server 5.0.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
September 2015 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
BIND 9.10.3 Release Notes | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org
BIND DNSSEC Key Parsing Error Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03511 SSRT102248 rev.1 - HP-UX BIND service running named, Remote Denial o' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1597-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2015-5722: Parsing malformed keys may cause BIND to exit due to a failed assertion in buffer.c | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
BIND 9.9.8 Release Notes | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org
404 Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1481-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bind99-9.9.7-7.P3.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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