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ISC BIND Delegation Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with ISC BIND and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to ISC BIND does not handle delegation chaining properly.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ISC BIND versions 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.9.6-p1 or 9.10.1-p1 or later for branches of BIND (9.9 and 9.10).