CVE-2016-1285

bind: malformed packet sent to rndc can trigger assertion failure

Published Mar 9, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 57.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3511-1 bind9 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2925-1 Bind vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035236 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05087821 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01352 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1285 cve-icon
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.asc cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1285 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.68703}

epss

{'score': 0.67839}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:48 PM
Reserved
Jan 4, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 9, 2016, 11:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:41 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 9, 2016, 12:00 AM