Fedora 23 update for bind99, dhcp



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-8000
CWE-ID CWE-617
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

dhcp
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

bind99
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Assertion failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU3848

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-2015-8000

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 23

dhcp: before 4.3.3-7.fc23

bind99: before 9.9.8-1.P2.fc23

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-40882ddfb1


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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