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CVE-2017-3135 in the critical feed json

Combination of DNS64 and RPZ Can Lead to Crash

published 2019-01-16 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12276

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.1%
EPSS 17.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Under some conditions when using both DNS64 and RPZ to rewrite query responses, query processing can resume in an inconsistent state leading to either an INSIST assertion failure or an attempt to read through a NULL pointer. Affects BIND 9.8.8, 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.9.9-S7, 9.9.3 -> 9.9.9-P5, 9.9.10b1, 9.10.0 -> 9.10.4-P5, 9.10.5b1, 9.11.0 -> 9.11.0-P2, 9.11.1b1.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-3135

  • bind9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.13
  • bind9 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3135

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • bind RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-sdb RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-libs RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-utils RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-chroot RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-pkcs11 RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-license RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
  • bind-libs-lite RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-38.el7_3.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0276

  • bind SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 9.9.9P1-56.1
  • bind SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +6 more 9.9.6P1-0.39.1
  • bind SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 9.9.9P1-28.29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0596-1SUSE-SU-2017:0595-1SUSE-SU-2017:0594-1

  • bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.16.20-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10650-1

  • bind Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4, Alpine 3.3 +1 more 9.10.4_p6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-3135

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • bind Arch Linux 9.11.0.P3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-169

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-2017-3135 updated cvss 7.5

bind: Assertion failure when using DNS64 and RPZ Can Lead to Crash

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-license 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs-lite 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-license 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs-lite 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-license 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-license 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0276
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind, bind97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

17.11% 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
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • ISC BIND 9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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