CVE-2016-9147 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting specific versions of ISC BIND (9.9.9-P4, 9.9.9-S6, 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.0-P1). Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted DNSSEC response with inconsistent RRsets, leading to an assertion failure and daemon exit. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the affected DNS server. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:s6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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