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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
94.65% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINDSDBCHROOT-5169150
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Nov 2016

Introduced: 1 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-8864  (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 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2615.

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 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query, related to db.c and resolver.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1