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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2775 Detail

Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92037 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036360 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:0651 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1767 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2533 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05321107 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01435 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01436 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7T2WJP5ELO4ZRSBXSETIZ3GAO6KOEFTA/ CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZUCSMEOZIZ2R2SKA4FPLTOVZHJBAOWC/ CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJ5STNEUHBNEPUHJT7CYEVSMATFYMIX7/ CVE, MITRE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TT754KDUJTKOASJODJX7FKHCOQ6EC7UX/ CVE, MITRE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160722-0002/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2775
NVD Published Date:
07/19/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE