#VU1043 Denial of service in Oracle products - CVE-2016-2848

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1043

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2848

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ISC BIND
Oracle VM Server for x86
Oracle Linux

Software vendor:
ISC
Oracle

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to perform DoS attack on the targete system.
The weakness is due to insuffcient handling of  options data in an OPT resource record. By sending a specially crafted DNS packet, attackers can trigger the named service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulnarable system.

Update to version 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.4-P3 or 9.11.0.

• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01433/74/CVE-2016-2848
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html