Data Handling in bind (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-5477
CWE-ID CWE-19
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 bind (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Data Handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU31954

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5477

CWE-ID: CWE-19 - Data Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via TKEY queries.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

bind (Alpine package): 9.9.6_p2-r0 - 9.9.7-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=94177d198b2c373d78e3bfeccefba287cea0899d
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=04d850a4688fbc93cc8bee5266eda1a0420639c8
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5a6eb2946c459470eb1ee36aca054c7440dff5f9


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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