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CVE-2018-5740

high · 7.5

"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.

7.5
CVSS
59.6%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2019-01-16
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-617

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
iscbind>= 9.7.0, < 9.8.8
iscbind>= 9.9.0, < 9.9.13
iscbind>= 9.10.0, < 9.10.8
iscbind>= 9.11.0, < 9.11.4
iscbind>= 9.12.0, < 9.12.2
iscbind>= 9.13.0, < 9.13.2
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.5
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation7.0
debiandebian_linux8.0
debiandebian_linux9.0
netappdata_ontap_edgeall versions
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04
hphp-uxall versions
opensuseleap15.0
opensuseleap15.1
opensuseleap42.3

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