CVE-2016-2088 (GCVE-0-2016-2088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035238 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84290 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01351 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2016-03-09 00:00
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07"
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "id": "CVE-2016-2088",
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "27",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "bind: malformed packet containing multiple cookie options can trigger assertion failure",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-2088.json",
      "version": "3"
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}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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