CVE-2016-2776 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-2776

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux, vm server, bind, hp-ux, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 6, 7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 0, 9.10.0, 9.10.1, 9.10.2, 9.10.3, 9.10.4, 9.11.0, 11.31, 10.0, 11.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 28th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.