Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-5737

Title: Isc Bind Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-5737.

CWE Category CWE-617
Published Date Jan 16, 2019
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.9 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
10.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-5737: 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.

Impacted Vendors

I
isc 1
N
netapp 2

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104236 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040942 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01606 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0004/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-5737 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.