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VPR Score: 4.4
Synopsis
The remote name server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
Description
According to its self-reported version number, the version of ISC BIND running on the remote name server is 9.9.x prior to 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x prior to 9.10.4-P3, or 9.11.x prior to 9.11.0rc3. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability within file buffer.c due to improper construction of responses to crafted requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted query, to cause an assertion failure, resulting in a daemon exit.
Solution
Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.9.9-P3 / 9.9.9-S5 / 9.10.4-P3 / 9.11.0rc3 or later. Note that BIND 9 version 9.9.9-S5 is available exclusively for eligible ISC Support customers.