CVE-2019-6476
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
A defect in code added to support QNAME minimization can cause named to exit with an assertion failure if a forwarder returns a referral rather than resolving the query. This affects BIND versions 9.14.0 up to 9.14.6, and 9.15.0 up to 9.15.4.
How to fix CVE-2019-6476
To remediate CVE-2019-6476, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/bind—upgrade to 9.14.7-r0 or later
Is CVE-2019-6476 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 9.14.7-r0
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 |