vulnerability
ISC BIND: An error parsing input received by the rndc control channel can cause an assertion failure in sexpr.c or alist.c (CVE-2016-1285)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 9, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 9, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 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.
Solution
upgrade-isc-bind-latest
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