(Red Hat Issues Fix) BIND Class Attribute Parsing Error Lets Remote Users Cause the Target named Service to Crash
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1034857 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1034857
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-8000
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 28 2016
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 9.0.x - 9.9.8, 9.10.0 - 9.10.3
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in BIND. A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
A remote user that can cause the target server to request a record with a specially crafted class attribute can trigger a parsing error in 'db.c' and cause the target named service to crash.
Servers that perform recursive queries are affected.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target named service to crash.
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Solution:
Red Hat has issued a fix.
The Red Hat advisory is available at:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html
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Vendor URL: rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0078.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)
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Underlying OS Comments: 6.4, 6.5
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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