CVE-2016-1285

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1285
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-03-09 23:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionnamed 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: bind99-9.9.8-4.P4.fc24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: bind99-9.9.8-4.P4.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bind99-9.9.8-4.P4.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: bind-9.10.3-12.P4.fc24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0759-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
BIND 9.10.4 Release Notes | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Broken Link, Release Notes
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3511-1 bind9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: bind-9.10.3-12.P4.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0830-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
USN-2925-1: Bind vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-1285: An error parsing input received by the rndc control channel can cause an assertion failure in sexpr.c or alist.c | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0859-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0780-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1541-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201610-07) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bind-9.10.3-9.P4.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0834-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0827-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0825-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
BIND Input Validation Flaw in Control Channel Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Broken Link
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03583 SSRT110084 rev.1 - HP-UX BIND Service running Named, Remote Denial o' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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