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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2018-5734

A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c

Description

While handling a particular type of malformed packet BIND erroneously selects a SERVFAIL rcode instead of a FORMERR rcode. If the receiving view has the SERVFAIL cache feature enabled, this can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c when the request doesn't contain all of the expected information. Affects BIND 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

ISC BIND 9

  • 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2affected

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