Vulnerability in Isc Bind

CVE-2018-5737

A problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC…

EPSS: 0.104 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5737?
CVE-2018-5737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-5737?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5737 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.