CVE-2016-8864 Denial of service in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8864 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-8864 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8864 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8864/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8864/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND by sending a crafted DNAME record, crashing the daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-8864?
CVE-2016-8864 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNAME record in the answer section of a response to a recursive query, related to db.c and resolver.c.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8864?
It affects 11 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-libbind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind97 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
caching-nameserver Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-libbind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind97 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
bind97-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.9 |
caching-nameserver Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.11 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.3 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Isc Bind, Netapp Data Ontap Edge, Netapp Solidfire, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8864?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2016-8864 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8864 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-8864, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8864, DLA-696-1, DSA-3703-1, GHSA-xgmw-gxmf-fm4w, MGASA-2016-0365 and 10 more.