Security Bulletin
Summary
ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of responses containing DNSSEC-related RRsets that are inconsistent with other RRsets in the same query response. By sending a malformed response, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an assertion failure.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-9147
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of responses containing DNSSEC-related RRsets that are inconsistent with other RRsets in the same query response. By sending a malformed response, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an assertion failure.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120473 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3.0 through 2.3.0.4 Appliance fix pack 8,
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4.0 through 2.4.0.4 Appliance fix pack 8,
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1.0 through 3.1.0.4 Appliance fix pack 23,
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2.0 through 3.2.0.4 Appliance fix pack 23
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
<April 19 2017>: Drafted original version.
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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CVE-2016-9147
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 July 2020
UID
isg3T1025133