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CVE-2017-3139

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3139 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in BIND's DNSSEC validation, allowing a remote attacker to crash the named service with a specially crafted DNS response. This flaw primarily impacts Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server versions. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant availability risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update SupportFixed in: bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind97

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3139Important

bind: assertion failure in DNSSEC validation

May 8, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2017-3139
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory