CVE-2016-9444
bind: assertion failure while handling an unusually-formed DS record response
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Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 11, 2017
Updated · May 7, 2026
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled an unusually-formed DS record response. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response.
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
CWE not specified