CVE-2018-5742

HIGH

RedHat bind-9.9.4-65.el7->9.9.4-72.el7 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0130

EPSS Percentile 79.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-617

Status published

Affected Products (1)

isc/bind < 9.9.4-72

Timeline

Published Oct 30, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026