High severity · published Jan 12, 2017
CVE-2016-9444
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon…
7.5
CVSS
18.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DS resource record in an answer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.3% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
9.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9444
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9444
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0062.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3758
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95393
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037582
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1583
h20566.www2.hpe.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05381687
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