CVE-2016-2088

6.8 MEDIUM

Published: March 09, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178831.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179904.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84290

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035238

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01351

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181036.html