CVE-2015-5986
A boundary check flaw was found in the way BIND parsed answers in certain DNS queries. A remote attacker able to provide a specially crafted response in an answer to a query could cause named functioning as a recursive resolver to crash.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5986 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include support for fromwire_openpgpkey().
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bind | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | bind | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bind97 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bind | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | bind | Not affected |