CVE-2018-5737
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - security-officer@isc.org
- Published
- 2019-01-16
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-617
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/
