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CVE-2018-5737

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5737

Severity

7.5

High

CVSS V3

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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.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5737
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cxr-pmg7-9w5v
  • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942
  • https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606
  • https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/

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