SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-6469

An error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) feature for recursive resolvers can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure when processing a response that has malformed RRSIGs.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.96%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) feature for recursive resolvers can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure when processing a response that has malformed RRSIGs. Versions affected: BIND 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.6-S1 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.96% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
isc/bind
Source
security-officer@isc.org

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