Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting bind-sdb-chroot package, versions <32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
96.68% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDSDBCHROOT-5040172
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jul 2015

Introduced: 28 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5477  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bind-sdb-chroot to version 32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1513.

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.

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via TKEY queries.

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