CVE-2016-8864

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 45.37% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2871.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037156 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/ third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3703 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:34.bind.asc third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435 broken link
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2141.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-26 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2142.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01437 broken link
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436 broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94067 vdb entry third party advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01434 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2615.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-8864?
CVE-2016-8864 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-8864?
To fix CVE-2016-8864, 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-2016-8864 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-8864 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~45% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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