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CVE-2018-5743

By design, BIND is intended to limit the number of TCP clients that can be connected at any given time. The number of allowed connections is a tunable parameter which, if unset, defaults to a conservative value for most servers. Unfortunately, the code which was intended to limit the number of simultaneous connections contained an error which could be exploited to grow the number of simultaneous…

Severity
High 7.5
Published
9 Oct 2019
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
6.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 93% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
F5 BIG-IPServers and applications · cpe:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
  • From 11.5.2 up to 11.6.5
  • From 12.1.0 up to 12.1.4
  • From 13.1.0 up to 13.1.1
  • From 14.0.0 up to 14.1.0
  • Version 15.0.0
F5 BIG-IPServers and applications · cpe:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager
  • From 11.5.2 up to 11.6.5
  • From 12.1.0 up to 12.1.4
  • From 13.0.0 up to 13.1.1
  • From 14.0.0 up to 14.1.0
  • Version 15.0.0
BIND 9Servers and applications · cpe:a:isc:bind
  • Version 9.14.0
  • From 9.13.0 up to 9.13.7
  • From 9.12.0 up to 9.12.4
  • Version 9.11.5-s5
All 9 release lines
  • From 9.9.0 up to 9.10.8
  • Version 9.9.3-s1
  • Version 9.10.8-p1
  • From 9.11.0 up to 9.11.6
  • Version 9.11.5-s3
  • Version 9.11.5-s5
  • From 9.12.0 up to 9.12.4
  • From 9.13.0 up to 9.13.7
  • Version 9.14.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5743
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5743