CVE-2016-1284 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND by sending crafted queries when nxdomain-redirect is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1284?
CVE-2016-1284 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 4 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rdataset.c in ISC BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition 9.9.8-S before 9.9.8-S5, when nxdomain-redirect is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted flag values in a query.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1284?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1284?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1284 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-1284 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1284 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xw7-2mqr-xwqh.