CVE-2015-8461

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-12-15
CWE:
CWE-362
Bugzilla:
1291186: CVE-2015-8461 bind: race condition when handling socket errors can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Race condition in resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.9.8 before 9.9.8-P2 and 9.10.3 before 9.10.3-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8461 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
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

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank ISC for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges John O'Brien of the University of Pennsylvania as the original reporter.

External References

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