CVE-2016-2776 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 89.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 89.48% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-09-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hp | hp-ux |
| isc | bind |
| oracle | linux |
| oracle | solaris |
| oracle | vm server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ISC BIND 9 - Denial of Service | 2016-10-04 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1944.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1945.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2099.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93188
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036903
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05321107
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01419/0
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:28.bind.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160930-0001/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40453/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1944.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1945.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2099.html
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