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CVE-2016-1286

bind: malformed signature records for DNAME records can trigger assertion failure

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 9, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND parsed signature records for DNAME records. By sending a specially crafted query, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause named to crash.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion