CVE-2016-2776
bind: assertion failure in buffer.c while building responses to a specifically constructed request
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 27, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND constructed a response to a query that met certain criteria. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS request packet.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion