CVE-2017-3138

bind: REQUIRE assertion failure when null command string on control channel is received

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 12, 2017

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND processed control channel commands. A remote attacker with access to the BIND control channel could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted command.

Statement

This issue does not affect bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as it does not contain the affected code.

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 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion