CVE-2016-2848 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND versions 9.1.0 through 9.8.4-P2 and 9.9.0 through 9.9.2-P2. Remote attackers can trigger an assertion failure and daemon exit by sending malformed options data within an OPT resource record. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve a complete loss of availability. While no public exploit code is readily available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), there is limited community discussion and media coverage, including a SecurityWeek article noting its impact on Linux distributions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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