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ISC BIND Zone Data Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106679

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Synopsis

The remote name server is affected by a memory exhaustion vulnerability

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the installation of ISC BIND running on the remote name server is affected by a memory exhaustion vulnerability. A server is potentially vulnerable if it accepts zone data from another source, as no limit is currently placed on zone data size.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Follow guidance provided by ISC advisory.

See Also

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106679

File Name: bind9_9110_b2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 10/30/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6170

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, bind/version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6170