SB2016012002 - Input validation error in ISC BIND
Published: January 20, 2016 Updated: July 27, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016012002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8704)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176564.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178045.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175973.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175977.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00033.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145680832702035&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0073.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0074.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3449
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81329
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034739
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2874-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01335
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind.asc