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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-5742
An oversight while backporting a feature leads to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
RedHat
View all reports →Affected Software
BIND9
Vulnerable Versions:
RedHat BIND9 bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 30th, 2019
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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.