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ISC BIND Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities-May18

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with ISC BIND and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exists due to - An error in zone database reference counting while attempting several transfers of a slave zone in quick succession. - An error in the implementation of the new serve-stale feature.

Affected Software

Affected Software

ISC BIND versions 9.12.0 and 9.12.1

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.12.1-P2 or later. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)