CVE-2015-5986: An incorrect boundary check can trigger a REQUIRE assertion failure in openpgpkey_61.c
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CVE-2015-5986: An incorrect boundary check can trigger a REQUIRE assertion failure in openpgpkey_61.c

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Article Summary

CVE: CVE-2015-5986

Document version: 2.0

Posting date: 02 September 2015

Program impacted: BIND 9

Versions affected: 9.9.7 -> 9.9.7-P2, 9.10.2 -> 9.10.2-P3.

Severity: Critical

Exploitable: Remotely

Description:

An incorrect boundary check in openpgpkey_61.c can cause named to terminate due to a REQUIRE assertion failure. This defect can be deliberately exploited by an attacker who can provide a maliciously constructed response in answer to a query.

Impact:

A server which encounters this error will terminate due to a REQUIRE assertion failure, resulting in denial of service to clients. 

Recursive servers are at greatest risk from this defect, but some circumstances may exist in which the attack can be successfully exploited against an authoritative server. Servers should be upgraded to a fixed version.

CVSS Score: 7.1

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

For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2&vector=(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Workarounds: No workarounds are known to exist.

Active exploits: None known.

Solution:

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9. These can all be downloaded from https://www.isc.org/downloads.

  • BIND 9 version 9.9.7-P3
  • BIND 9 version 9.10.2-P4

BIND development releases scheduled to be published at the same time as the public disclosure of this vulnerability will also contain the fix for this security issue. 

  • BIND 9 version 9.9.8rc1
  • BIND 9 version 9.10.3rc1

Document Revision History:

1.0 Advance Notification, 19 August 2015
2.0 Public Disclosure,  2 September 2015

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See our BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix for a complete listing of security vulnerabilities and versions affected.

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