CVE-2018-5742

Published: Oct 30, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.

Affected (1)

Products: Isc: Bind

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Isc Bind	From 9.9.4-65 to 9.9.4-72

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742

Source: security-officer@isc.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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