SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9778

A vulnerable server could be intentionally stopped by an attacker if it was using a configuration that met the criteria for the vulnerability and if the attacker could cause it to accept a query that possessed the required attributes.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 6.84%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An error in handling certain queries can cause an assertion failure when a server is using the nxdomain-redirect feature to cover a zone for which it is also providing authoritative service. A vulnerable server could be intentionally stopped by an attacker if it was using a configuration that met the criteria for the vulnerability and if the attacker could cause it to accept a query that possessed the required attributes. Please note: This vulnerability affects the "nxdomain-redirect" feature, which is one of two methods of handling NXDOMAIN redirection, and is only available in certain versions of BIND. Redirection using zones of type "redirect" is not affected by this vulnerability. Affects BIND 9.9.8-S1 -> 9.9.8-S3, 9.9.9-S1 -> 9.9.9-S6, 9.11.0-9.11.0-P1.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
6.84% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-388
Affected
isc/bind · netapp/data ontap edge · netapp/solidfire element os management node
Source
security-officer@isc.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.