CVE-2018-5742 (GCVE-0-2018-5742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-30 13:43 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:53
VLAI
Title
An oversight while backporting a feature leads to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420
Summary
While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • An oversight by RedHat while backporting a feature leads to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420
Assigner
isc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 33 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
RedHat BIND9 Affected: RedHat BIND9 bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7
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Date Public
2018-12-18 00:00
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