NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
13.35% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-525306
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12 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.

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.