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CVE detail

CVE-2016-1285

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

CVSS 6.8 · MediumBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
6.9
1 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
5.0
1 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

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1 source links · newest first
  • The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) this week released updates for the DNS software BIND to address three high severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities.

    newswww.securityweek.comMar 11, 2016, 6:06 AM

Exploit code

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