What is CVE-2018-5742?

CVE-2018-5742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-5742?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Isc Bind

CVE-2018-5742

While backporting a feature for a newer branch of BIND9, RedHat introduced a path leading to an assertion failure in buffer.c:420. Affects RedHat versions bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7. No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who made the same error may also be affected.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Isc Bind
Redhat Bind9 — versions RedHat BIND9 bind-9.9.4-65.el7 -> bind-9.9.4-72.el7
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

security-officer@isc.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5742?: CVE-2018-5742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-5742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.