cve-2018-5737
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-01-16 20:00
Modified
2024-09-16 22:40
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
BIND 9.12's serve-stale implementation can cause an assertion failure in rbtdb.c or other undesirable behavior, even if serve-stale is not enabled.
References
security-officer@isc.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security-officer@isc.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security-officer@isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606Vendor Advisory
security-officer@isc.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/Third Party Advisory
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