CVE-2015-8705

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3, when debug logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit, or daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via (1) OPT data or (2) an ECS option.

Affected products

ISC BIND: 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3 (+53)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176564.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175977.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81314
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034740
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01336
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176564.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175977.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81314

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