CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8864

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.x before version 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 via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can cause the BIND daemon to crash, leading to a disruption in DNS service availability for the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update BIND to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and secure the system against potential attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS