CVE-2016-2775
Moderate
CVE-2016-2775
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.
Exploit probability
63.3%
Published
July 19, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
7 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-2775
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ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92037
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036360
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:0651
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1767
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2533
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05321107
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7T2WJP5ELO4ZRSBXSETIZ3GAO6KOEFTA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZUCSMEOZIZ2R2SKA4FPLTOVZHJBAOWC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJ5STNEUHBNEPUHJT7CYEVSMATFYMIX7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TT754KDUJTKOASJODJX7FKHCOQ6EC7UX/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160722-0002/