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ISC BIND: A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c (CVE-2018-5734)

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ISC BIND: A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c (CVE-2018-5734)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2018
Modified
03/28/2023

Description

While handling a particular type of malformed packet BIND erroneously selects a SERVFAIL rcode instead of a FORMERR rcode. If the receiving view has the SERVFAIL cache feature enabled, this can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c when the request doesn't contain all of the expected information. Affects BIND 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2.

Solution(s)

  • upgrade-isc-bind-latest

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