CVE-2016-8864
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 10 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | Affected | — |
| 7.6 | Affected | — |
| 7.5 | Affected | — |
| 7.4 | Affected | — |
| 7.3 | Affected | — |
| 7.2 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.7 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 9.11.0.P1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| isc | bind | {"startIncluding":"9.0.0","endExcluding":"9.9.9"} | 9.9.9 |
| isc | bind | 9.9.9 | |
| isc | bind | 9.10.4 | |
| isc | bind | 9.11.0 | |
| netapp | data_ontap_edge | - | |
| netapp | solidfire | - | |
| netapp | steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage | - | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-3
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-26
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8864
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8864.html
CWEs
CWE-617
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.