CVE-2015-5722
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND parsed certain malformed DNSSEC keys. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted DNS query (for example, a query requiring a response from a zone containing a deliberately malformed key) that would cause named functioning as a validating resolver to crash.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5722 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (bind) | RHSA-2015:1705 | 2015-09-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.4 (bind) | RHSA-2016:0078 | 2016-01-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.6 (bind) | RHSA-2016:0079 | 2016-01-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.5 (bind) | RHSA-2016:0078 | 2016-01-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (bind) | RHSA-2015:1705 | 2015-09-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (bind97) | RHSA-2015:1707 | 2015-09-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (bind) | RHSA-2015:1706 | 2015-09-03 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | bind | Affected |