ISC BIND: A REQUIRE assertion failure in rdataset.c can be deliberately triggered in servers performing NXDOMAIN redirection (CVE-2016-1284)
3
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
02/04/2016
07/25/2018
03/01/2016
03/24/2023
Description
rdataset.c in ISC BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition 9.9.8-S before 9.9.8-S5, when nxdomain-redirect is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted flag values in a query.
Solution(s)
- upgrade-isc-bind-latest
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