CVE-2016-1285
MEDIUM6.8EPSS 69.0%bind9 - security update
Published: 3/9/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/bind9from 0, < 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-6
- Debian/bind9from 0, < 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |