Improper Input Validation Affecting bind-sdb-chroot package, versions <32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
96.08% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDSDBCHROOT-5091756
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Jan 2016

Introduced: 19 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8704  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bind-sdb-chroot to version 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0073.

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.

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.

References

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