CVE-2018-5742

HIGH

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

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 80.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (1)
isc/bind 9.9.4-65 - 9.9.4-72
Published Oct 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026