CVE-2017-3138

high-risk
Published 2019-01-16

named contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

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38.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 61% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Isc Netapp

References (12)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97657
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038260
Vendor Advisory https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01471
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180802-0002/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3854
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97657
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038260
Vendor Advisory https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01471
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180802-0002/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3854
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 23/34 · High