CVE-2015-8704

bind: specific APL data could trigger an INSIST in apl_42.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 19, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND processed certain malformed Address Prefix List (APL) records. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause named to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation