CVE-2017-3138 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-3138 PUBLISHED

named contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

EPSS 38.78% · 97.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

38.78%

97.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	bind9	0, 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1, 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	bind9	0, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-12

Timeline

Apr 12, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3138 third-party-advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01471/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3259-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3138 third-party-advisory

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