CVE-2017-3138

Medium

Description

named contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIsc Bind
PublishedJan 16, 2019
First seenJan 16, 2019

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
isc bind9.9.9, 9.9.10, 9.10.4, 9.10.5, 9.11.0, 9.11.1—
netapp data_ontap_edgeNo range specified—
netapp element_softwareNo range specified—
netapp oncommand_balanceNo range specified—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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