CVE-2018-5740
A flaw in the "deny-answer-aliases" feature can cause an assertion failure in named
- Published
- Jan 16, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- isc
- Evidence observed
- Aug 4, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2018-5740, a denial-of-service vulnerability in BIND DNS server triggered by a crafted DNAME query, with reproducible lab setup.
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