CVE-2016-9444 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND versions 9.x, 9.10.x, and 9.11.x before specific patch levels. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted DS resource record in an answer, 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 affected BIND servers. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been reported, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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