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ISC BIND: An error in QNAME minimization code can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure (CVE-2019-6476)

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ISC BIND: An error in QNAME minimization code can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure (CVE-2019-6476)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/17/2019
Created
10/22/2019
Added
10/21/2019
Modified
11/29/2019

Description

A defect in code added to support QNAME minimization can cause named to exit with an assertion failure if a forwarder returns a referral rather than resolving the query. This affects BIND versions 9.14.0 up to 9.14.6, and 9.15.0 up to 9.15.4.

Solution(s)

  • upgrade-isc-bind-latest

References

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