Improper Input Validation Affecting bind package, versions [0,9.12.1-P2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
1.02% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-2381989
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-5737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.12.1-P2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC aggressive negative caching can in some cases cause undesirable behavior from named, such as a recursion loop or excessive logging. Deliberate exploitation of this condition could cause operational problems depending on the particular manifestation -- either degradation or denial of service. Affects BIND 9.12.0 and 9.12.1.

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