CVE-2017-3138 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting specific versions of ISC BIND 9, Debian, and NetApp products. A regression in the named control channel allows an authenticated operator to crash the server by sending a null command string, leading to an assertion failure. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requiring low privileges and high attack complexity. While there is no known public exploit code or Metasploit module, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.