Reachable Assertion The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bind-devel  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDDEVEL-1567756
  • published20 Aug 2021
  • disclosed18 Aug 2021

Introduced: 18 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-25218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-devel package and not the bind-devel package as distributed by RHEL.

In BIND 9.16.19, 9.17.16. Also, version 9.16.19-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition When a vulnerable version of named receives a query under the circumstances described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects only BIND 9 releases 9.16.19, 9.17.16, and release 9.16.19-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition.