ALPINE-CVE-2018-5737

ALPINE-CVE-2018-5737

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A 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.

CVSS 7.5 · High · Fix available

Published

2019-01-16T20:29:00.877Z

Updated

2026-10-23T17:17:55.278250212Z

Stack: system

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