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CVE-2016-1285

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
9 Mar 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
9.9.8, 9.10.3
Exploit chance
58% in the next 30 daysHigher than 99% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · Only under certain conditions · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
BIND 9Servers and applications · cpe:a:isc:bind
  • Version 9.10.3-p3
  • Version 9.10.3-p2
  • Version 9.10.3-p1
  • Version 9.10.3
All 12 release lines
  • From 9.0.0 before 9.9.8
  • Version 9.9.8-rc1
  • Version 9.9.8
  • Version 9.9.8-p2
  • Version 9.9.8-p3
  • From 9.10.0 before 9.10.3
  • Version 9.10.3-beta1
  • Version 9.10.3-rc1
  • Version 9.10.3
  • Version 9.10.3-p1
  • Version 9.10.3-p2
  • Version 9.10.3-p3

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1285
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1285