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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.18% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDLICENSE-8001535
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed8 Feb 2017

Introduced: 8 Feb 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bind-license to version 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0276.

NVD Description

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