CVE-2016-2088

Published: 9 March 2016

resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	9.10.x only

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
bind9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (9.9.8-P4, 9.10.3-P4)
	wily	Not vulnerable (1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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