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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.18% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-BINDLIBSLITE-2511958
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019

Introduced: 16 Jan 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 bind-libs-lite to version 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0276.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-libs-lite package and not the bind-libs-lite package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.