Security Alert (A18-05-05): Multiple Vulnerabilities in ISC BIND


 

Published on: 21 May 2018

Description:

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the ISC BIND software. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted query to trigger an assertion failure which could cause the BIND to crash unexpectedly.

 

Affected Systems:

  • BIND 9.12.0
  • BIND 9.12.1

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system.

 

Recommendation:

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released the following patch to solve the problems:

  • BIND 9 version 9.12.1-P2
    http://www.isc.org/downloads/

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

 

More Information:

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01602/74/CVE-2018-5736
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01606/74/CVE-2018-5737
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/18052102
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/05/18/ISC-Releases-Security-Advisories-BIND
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5736
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5737

 



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