NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bind-utils package, versions <32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.18% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-BINDUTILS-2078876
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Feb 2017

Introduced: 8 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-3135  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 bind-utils to version 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-utils package and not the bind-utils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under some conditions when using both DNS64 and RPZ to rewrite query responses, query processing can resume in an inconsistent state leading to either an INSIST assertion failure or an attempt to read through a NULL pointer. Affects BIND 9.8.8, 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.9.9-S7, 9.9.3 -> 9.9.9-P5, 9.9.10b1, 9.10.0 -> 9.10.4-P5, 9.10.5b1, 9.11.0 -> 9.11.0-P2, 9.11.1b1.