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CVE-2016-2776

Published: 27 September 2016

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
bind9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.17)
trusty
Released (1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.9)
upstream
Released (9.9.9-P3,9.10.4-P3,9.11.0rc3)
xenial
Released (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.1)
yakkety
Released (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1)
zesty
Released (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H