Reachable Assertion Affecting bind-sdb-chroot package, versions <32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
46.79% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDSDBCHROOT-4662263
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Apr 2017

Introduced: 12 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-3137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bind-sdb-chroot to version 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1095.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-sdb-chroot package and not the bind-sdb-chroot package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mistaken assumptions about the ordering of records in the answer section of a response containing CNAME or DNAME resource records could lead to a situation in which named would exit with an assertion failure when processing a response in which records occurred in an unusual order. Affects BIND 9.9.9-P6, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc1, 9.10.4-P6, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc1, 9.11.0-P3, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc1, and 9.9.9-S8.