CVE-2018-5735
bind9 - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.64%
Description
The Debian backport of the fix for CVE-2017-3137 leads to assertion failure in validator.c:1858; Affects Debian versions 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u15; 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u18; 9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5; 9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1 No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who did similar backports for the fix for 2017-3137 may also be affected.
How to fix CVE-2018-5735
To remediate CVE-2018-5735, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u20 or later
Is CVE-2018-5735 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1
- from 0, < 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u20
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 |