DNS: ISC BIND db.c Assertion Failure Denial of Service
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against BIND DNS Service. The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of incoming responses, allowing malformed records to be accepted by BIND when they should not be accepted. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.
Extended Description
db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed class attribute.
Affected Products
Isc bind
Short Name
DNS:BIND-DBC-ASSERT-DOS
Severity
Critical
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DNS
Keywords
Assertion BIND CVE-2015-8000 Denial Failure ISC Service db.c of
Release Date
01/19/2016
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3600
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Isc
Oracle
CVSS Score
5.0