QID 15145

Date Published: 2023-07-25

QID 15145: ISC BIND Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (CVE-2016-2848)

ISC BIND (Berkley Internet Domain Name) is an implementation of DNS protocols.

A packet with a malformed options section can be used to deliberately trigger an assertion failure.

BIND Affected versions:
9.1.0 - 9.8.4-P2
9.9.0 -> 9.9.2-P2
QID Detection Logic:
This unauthenticated check detects vulnerable systems by fetching the version information from the BIND service.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to force exit with an assertion failure if it receives a malformed packet causing Denial Of Service.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade latest release of ISC BIND.

Vendor References

CVE-2016-2848 - kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01433

CVEs related to QID 15145

CVE-2016-2848 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2016-2848			kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01433

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