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CVE-2016-8864

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Description

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.

References

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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-26

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9689

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.38733

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