SB2015121602 - Red Hat update for bind 



SB2015121602 - Red Hat update for bind

Published: December 16, 2015 Updated: May 17, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2015121602
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Assertion failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8000)

A remote attacker can trigger denial of service (DoS) conditions.

The vulnerability exists due to a parsing error when processing incoming responses within db.c file. A remote attacker who can cause a server to request a record with a malformed class attribute can use this bug to trigger a REQUIRE assertion, causing named to exit and denying service to clients.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.