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CVE-2015-8704 json

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service…

published 2016-01-20 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8581

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.7%
EPSS 20.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.

Patch / fix

  • bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8704

  • bind9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8704

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  • bind97 RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5
  • bind97-libs RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5
  • bind97-utils RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5
  • bind97-chroot RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5
  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6
  • bind RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6
  • bind RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.2
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0074RHSA-2016:0073

  • bind SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +7 more 9.9.6P1-0.22.1
  • bind SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 9.9.6P1-28.9.1
  • bind SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 9.9.6P1-35.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0200-1SUSE-SU-2016:0180-1SUSE-SU-2016:0174-1

  • bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.10.3P4-21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8704 updated cvss 3.5

bind: specific APL data could trigger an INSIST in apl_42.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6
    +13 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.5, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0073

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Exploit prediction

20.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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