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ISC BIND: A specially crafted packet can cause named to leak memory (CVE-2018-5744)

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ISC BIND: A specially crafted packet can cause named to leak memory (CVE-2018-5744)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/27/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/27/2019
Modified
03/24/2023

Description

A failure to free memory can occur when processing messages having a specific combination of EDNS options. Versions affected are: BIND 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8-P1, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.5-P1, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.3-P1, and versions 9.10.7-S1 -> 9.11.5-S3 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition. Versions 9.13.0 -> 9.13.6 of the 9.13 development branch are also affected.

Solution(s)

  • upgrade-isc-bind-latest

References

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