UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1285

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1285
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1285.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1285
Upstream
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Published
2016-03-09T20:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:35Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name
bind9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_name": "bind9",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9-host",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bind9utils",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsutils",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "host",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind-dev",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbind9-90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdns100",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisc95",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccc90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libisccfg90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblwres90",
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lwresd",
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        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}