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CVE-2018-5740
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-16T20:29:01.017 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:00:41.717

Summary

"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.

Affected products

isc — bind

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References

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