CVE-2015-8461 describes a race condition in ISC BIND versions 9.9.8 before 9.9.8-P2 and 9.10.3 before 9.10.3-P2, specifically within the resolver.c component. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing an INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit. With a CVSS score of 7.1, it is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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