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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124249
Category:Denial of Service
Title:ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1285) - Linux
Summary:ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Named in ISC BIND does not properly handle DNAME records when
parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel)
interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

Affected Software/OS:
ISC BIND versions 9.2.x through 9.9.8-P3, and 9.10.x through
9.10.3-P3

Solution:
Update to version 9.9.8-P4, 9.10.3-P4 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1285
Debian Security Information: DSA-3511 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3511
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181037.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178880.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179911.html
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-16:13
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind.asc
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX03583
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146191105921542&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT110084
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0562
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0562.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0601
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0601.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035236
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0759 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00046.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0780 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00053.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0825 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00070.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1541 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00013.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0827 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00072.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0830 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00075.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0834 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00079.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0859 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00084.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2925-1
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