CVE-2018-5734 HIGH

CVE-2018-5734: A malformed request can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c

Vendor Isc
Product BIND 9
Published January 16, 2019
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

While handling a particular type of malformed packet BIND erroneously selects a SERVFAIL rcode instead of a FORMERR rcode. If the receiving view has the SERVFAIL cache feature enabled, this can trigger an assertion failure in badcache.c when the request doesn't contain all of the expected information. Affects BIND 9.10.5-S1 to 9.10.5-S4, 9.10.6-S1, 9.10.6-S2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2019 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated