CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-8864

Reachable Assertion

Published: Nov 02, 2016 | Modified: Aug 17, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bind Isc 9.0.0 (including) 9.9.9 (excluding)
Bind Isc 9.10.0 (including) 9.10.4 (excluding)
Bind Isc 9.9.9 (including) 9.9.9 (including)
Bind Isc 9.9.9-beta1 (including) 9.9.9-beta1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.9.9-beta2 (including) 9.9.9-beta2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.9.9-p1 (including) 9.9.9-p1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.9.9-p2 (including) 9.9.9-p2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.9.9-p3 (including) 9.9.9-p3 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4 (including) 9.10.4 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-beta1 (including) 9.10.4-beta1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-beta2 (including) 9.10.4-beta2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-beta3 (including) 9.10.4-beta3 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-p1 (including) 9.10.4-p1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-p2 (including) 9.10.4-p2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.10.4-p3 (including) 9.10.4-p3 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0 (including) 9.11.0 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-alpha1 (including) 9.11.0-alpha1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-alpha2 (including) 9.11.0-alpha2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-alpha3 (including) 9.11.0-alpha3 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-beta1 (including) 9.11.0-beta1 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-beta2 (including) 9.11.0-beta2 (including)
Bind Isc 9.11.0-beta3 (including) 9.11.0-beta3 (including)

Extended Description

While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, it can still lead to a denial of service. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, and an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this is a reachable assertion that leads to a denial of service.

Potential Mitigations

References