Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 16, 2019· Updated Sep 17, 2024
A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c
CVE-2018-5734
Description
While handling a particular type of malformed packet BIND erroneously selects a SERVFAIL rcode instead of a FORMERR rcode. If the receiving view has the SERVFAIL cache feature enabled, this can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c when the request doesn't contain all of the expected information. Affects BIND 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2.
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4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103189mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040438mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01562mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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