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FreeBSD: bind -- denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-2088)

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FreeBSD: bind -- denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-2088)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind9-devel
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind910

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