Use After Free Affecting bind-sdb package, versions <32:9.9.4-51.amzn2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.74% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINDSDB-1660986
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019

Introduced: 16 Jan 2019

CVE-2017-3145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 bind-sdb to version 32:9.9.4-51.amzn2.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-954.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-sdb package and not the bind-sdb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

BIND was improperly sequencing cleanup operations on upstream recursion fetch contexts, leading in some cases to a use-after-free error that can trigger an assertion failure and crash in named. Affects BIND 9.0.0 to 9.8.x, 9.9.0 to 9.9.11, 9.10.0 to 9.10.6, 9.11.0 to 9.11.2, 9.9.3-S1 to 9.9.11-S1, 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.6-S1, 9.12.0a1 to 9.12.0rc1.

CVSS Scores

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