Reachable Assertion Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-514655
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed30 Oct 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9 package and not the bind9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Debian backport of the fix for CVE-2017-3137 leads to assertion failure in validator.c:1858; Affects Debian versions 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u15; 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u18; 9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5; 9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1 No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who did similar backports for the fix for 2017-3137 may also be affected.

CVSS Scores

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