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CVE-2017-3145

bind: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can cause named to crash

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 16, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A use-after-free flaw leading to denial of service was found in the way BIND internally handled cleanup operations on upstream recursion fetch contexts. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to make named, acting as a DNSSEC validating resolver, exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS request.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free