Improper Input Validation Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
95.54% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-520211
  • published16 Dec 2015
  • disclosed16 Dec 2015

Introduced: 16 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1 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.

db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed class attribute.

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