DNS: ISC BIND DNAME Response Processing Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against ISC BIND. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability can possibly lead to denial of service.

Extended Description

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.

Affected Products

Netapp solidfire

Short Name
DNS:DNAME-RESPONSE-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DNS
Keywords
BIND CVE-2016-8864 DNAME Denial ISC Processing Response Service of
Release Date
01/16/2017
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
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Isc

Netapp

Debian

Redhat

CVSS Score

5.0

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