CVE-2016-9444 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND by sending a crafted DS resource record, triggering an assertion failure and daemon exit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9444?
CVE-2016-9444 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 12 Jan 2017. 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-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DS resource record in an answer.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9444?
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-2016-9444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-9444, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9444, GHSA-gpxq-r8wx-qxgw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9444.