Improper Input Validation Affecting bind-utils package, versions <30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
97.14% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-BINDUTILS-2510072
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2016

Introduced: 28 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-2776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 bind-utils to version 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1944.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.