CVE-2018-5737

Name
CVE-2018-5737
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* bind == None == 9.12.0
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* bind == None == 9.12.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status