Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-8000 |
CWE-ID | CWE-617 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
bind (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU3848
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8000
CWE-ID:
CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionA remote attacker can trigger denial of service (DoS) conditions.
The vulnerability exists due to a parsing error when processing incoming responses within db.c file. A remote attacker who can cause a server to request a record with a malformed class attribute can use this bug to trigger a REQUIRE assertion, causing named to exit and denying service to clients.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsbind (Alpine package): 9.6.1-r0 - 9.10.3-r1
CPE2.3http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a9e290c633ebcf446ba180a4b13bfde2142586b7
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1ff937645312f327b3825526db2133d5f1a5edda
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b61c35eaae2f0e5dbb0c7abcd4039ccf887cdf93
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.