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CVE-2018-5740

Public on 2018-09-19
Modified on 2018-09-25
Description

A denial of service flaw was discovered in bind versions that include the "deny-answer-aliases" feature. This flaw may allow a remote attacker to trigger an INSIST assert in named leading to termination of the process and a denial of service condition.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 bind 2018-09-19 17:17 ALAS-2018-1082
Amazon Linux 2 - Core bind 2018-09-20 18:45 ALAS2-2018-1082

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P