CVE-2016-1285

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 68.70% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory isc.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html	third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.html	vendor advisory mailing list
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.asc	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438	broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01352	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.html	vendor advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035236	broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.html	vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2	vendor advisory third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.html	vendor advisory mailing list
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380	release notes broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html	vendor advisory mailing list
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05087821	third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.html	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html	vendor advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1285?: CVE-2016-1285 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1285?: To fix CVE-2016-1285, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1285 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-1285 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~69% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.