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ISC BIND: Multiple transfers of a zone in quick succession due to assertion failure in rbtdb.c (CVE-2018-5736)

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ISC BIND: Multiple transfers of a zone in quick succession due to assertion failure in rbtdb.c (CVE-2018-5736)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/23/2018
Modified
03/24/2023

Description

An error in zone database reference counting can lead to an assertion failure if a server which is running an affected version of BIND attempts several transfers of a slave zone in quick succession. This defect could be deliberately exercised by an attacker who is permitted to cause a vulnerable server to initiate zone transfers (for example: by sending valid NOTIFY messages), causing the named process to exit after failing the assertion test. Affects BIND 9.12.0 and 9.12.1.

Solution(s)

  • upgrade-isc-bind-latest

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