VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2018-5740
ALPINE-CVE-2018-5740
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
"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.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.12 | bind | 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4, 9.9.4 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | bind | 9.9.1_p1-r0, 9.10.0-r0, 9.10.0_p1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | bind | 0, 9.9.2_p2-r0, * |
| Alpine:v3.14 | bind | 9.7.2_p1-r0, 9.7.2_p3-r0, 9.7.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | bind | 9.6.1_p2-r1, 9.6.1_p3-r1, 9.7.0_p1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | bind | 9.8.0_p4-r0, 9.8.1-r0, 9.8.1_p1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | bind | 9.10.1, 9.10.1, 9.10.1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | bind | 9.10.4_p4-r0, 0, 9.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | bind | 9.7.2-r0, 9.7.1-r0, * |
| Alpine:v3.8 | bind | 9.11.2_p1-r1, 9.11.1_p2-r0, 9.11.1_p1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | bind | 9.8.0-r0, 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | bind | 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4, 9.9.4 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | bind | 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4, 9.9.4 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | bind | 9.11.0_p5-r1, 9.10.0-r0, 9.10.0_p1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | bind | 9.9.1_p2-r0, 9.9.1_p3-r0, 9.9.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | bind | 9.11.2-r1, 9.11.1_p2-r1, * |
| Alpine:v3.16 | bind | 9.9.5-r0, 9.9.4, 9.9.4 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | bind | 9.10.0_p1-r0, 9.10.0-r0, 9.9.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | bind | 0, 9.10.0-r0, 9.10.0_p2-r0 |
Timeline
- Jan 16, 2019 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch