CVE-2018-5737

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/01/2019
Last modified:
09/10/2019

Description

A problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC aggressive negative caching can in some cases cause undesirable behavior from named, such as a recursion loop or excessive logging. Deliberate exploitation of this condition could cause operational problems depending on the particular manifestation -- either degradation or denial of service. Affects BIND 9.12.0 and 9.12.1.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_ontap_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*