CVE-2016-9131
bind9 - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 68.0%
Description
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response to an RTYPE ANY query.
How to fix CVE-2016-9131
To remediate CVE-2016-9131, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/bind—upgrade to 9.10.4_p5-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11 or later
- —upgrade to 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u14 or later
- —upgrade to 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u9 or later
Is CVE-2016-9131 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 68.0%, placing CVE-2016-9131 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 9.10.4_p5-r0
- from 0, < 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11
- from 0, < 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u14
- from 0, < 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |