CVE-2018-5737

NameCVE-2018-5737
DescriptionA problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC aggressive negative caching can in some cases cause undesirable behavior from named, such as a recursion loop or excessive logging. Deliberate exploitation of this condition could cause operational problems depending on the particular manifestation -- either degradation or denial of service. Affects BIND 9.12.0 and 9.12.1.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bind9 (PTS)buster1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7fixed
buster (security)1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u10fixed
bullseye1:9.16.44-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:9.16.48-1fixed
bookworm1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:9.18.24-1fixed
sid, trixie1:9.19.21-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bind9source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- bind9 <not-affected> (only affects 9.12, not yet packaged)
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01606

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