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A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND up to 9.9.4-72 on Red Hat (Domain Name Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file buffer.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a assertion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-617. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.
The bug was discovered 12/19/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-5742 since 01/17/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 41 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121455 (Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL7.x x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (121455).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: AssertionCWE: CWE-617
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 121455
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL7.x x86_64
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
01/17/2018 🔍12/19/2018 🔍
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10/31/2019 🔍
01/29/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: isc.orgAdvisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-5742 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 10/31/2019 06:06Updated: 01/29/2024 19:14
Changes: 10/31/2019 06:06 (43), 10/31/2019 06:11 (24), 01/29/2024 19:14 (14)
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