CVE-2018-5742 is a high-severity assertion failure vulnerability (CWE-617) in Red Hat's BIND9, specifically affecting versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 through bind-9.9.4-72.el7, due to an error introduced during a feature backport. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows for a denial-of-service attack (availability impact) without requiring user interaction or authentication. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.9.4-65, <= 9.9.4-72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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