CVE-2016-9131

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response to an RTYPE ANY query.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 58.06% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037582 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01439/74/CVE-2016-9131 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95386 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/ third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3758 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0062.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9131?
CVE-2016-9131 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9131?
To fix CVE-2016-9131, 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-2016-9131 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-9131 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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