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bind: assertion failure triggered by a packet with malformed options

🗓️ 20 Oct 2016 20:40:07Reported by RedHatType 
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Denial of service flaw in BIND allows remote attacker to trigger named assertion failure from malformed DNS options.

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Samba, BIND and Libreswan affect IBM Netezza Host Management
18 Oct 201903:10
–ibm
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package bind version 9.3.6-alt7.M60P.3
26 Oct 201600:00
–altlinux
Tenable Nessus		ISC BIND 9.x < 9.8.5 / 9.9.x < 9.9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
20 Jan 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX bind Advisory : bind_advisory14.asc (IV91214) (IV91253) (IV91254) (IV91255) (IV91256) (IV91257)
3 Aug 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 7.1 TL 3 : bind (IV91214) (deprecated)
16 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 5.3 TL 12 : bind (IV91253) (deprecated)
28 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bind (IV91254) (deprecated)
16 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 7.1 TL 4 : bind (IV91255) (deprecated)
16 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 7.2 TL 0 : bind (IV91256) (deprecated)
28 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		AIX 7.2 TL 1 : bind (IV91257) (deprecated)
28 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386bind30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64bind30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcbind30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xbind30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64bind30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6i686bind32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2bind-32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64bind32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2bind-32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xbind32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2bind-32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64bind32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2bind-32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386bind-chroot30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10bind-chroot-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.10.i386.rpm
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21 Nov 2025 17:57Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 25
CVSS 37.5
EPSS0.52249
CWE-617
binddenial of servicenamedmalformed optionsremote attackerdomain name system
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