Zero-day Vulnerability Database

Denial of service

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c when parsing RDATA within a DNS query. By using a query with a malformed RDATA section that is not properly handled during construction of a log message, a remote attacker can cause an assertion failure and named daemon exit.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Assertion failure

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to assertion failure in dns_db_findrdataset() function within db.c when named is configured as a master server. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message and trigger assertion failure and daemon exit.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited.