High severity · published Oct 30, 2019
CVE-2018-5742
While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
9.9.4-65 through 9.9.4-72 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5742
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742
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