CVE-2016-2776
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 87.5%
Description
buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
How to fix CVE-2016-2776
To remediate CVE-2016-2776, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/bind—upgrade to 9.10.4_p3 or later
- —upgrade to 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 or later
Is CVE-2016-2776 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 87.5%, placing CVE-2016-2776 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 9.10.4_p3
- from 0, < 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |