| VID |
19053 |
| Severity |
40 |
| Port |
79 |
| Protocol |
TCP,UDP |
| Class |
DNS |
| Detailed Description |
ISC BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) is a server utility that implements the DNS (domain name service) protocol. It is widely used on the Internet. According to its version number, the installation of ISC BIND on the remote name server is potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability in files sexpr.c and alist.c when handling control channel packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted packets sent to the control channel (rndc) interface, to cause an assertion failure and daemon exit.
* Note: This check solely relied on the banner of the remote DNS server to assess this vulnerability, so this might be a false positive.
* References:
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01352/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01362/
* Platforms Affected:
Internet Software Consortium, BIND version 9.9.8-Px < 9.9.8-P4
Internet Software Consortium, BIND version 9.9.8-Sx < 9.9.8-S6
Internet Software Consortium, BIND version 9.10.x < 9.10.3-P4
Any operating system Any version |
| Recommendation |
Upgrade to the latest version of BIND (9.9.8-P4 or 9.9.8-S6 or 9.10.3-P4 or later), available from the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) Web site at http://www.isc.org/downloads/BIND/ |
| Related URL |
CVE-2016-1285 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
(ISS) |
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