cvelist/2018/5xxx/CVE-2018-5744.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security-officer@isc.org",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2019-02-21T00:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-5744",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "A specially crafted packet can cause named to leak memory"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "BIND 9",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_name": "BIND 9",
                                            "version_value": "BIND 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8-P1, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.5-P1, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.3-P1, and versions 9.10.7-S1 -> 9.11.5-S3 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition. Versions 9.13.0 -> 9.13.6 of the 9.13 development branch are also affected."
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "ISC"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "ISC would like to thank Toshifumi Sakaguchi for reporting this issue to us."
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "A failure to free memory can occur when processing messages having a specific combination of EDNS options. Versions affected are: BIND 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8-P1, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.5-P1, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.3-P1, and versions 9.10.7-S1 -> 9.11.5-S3 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition. Versions 9.13.0 -> 9.13.6 of the 9.13 development branch are also affected."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "By exploiting this condition, an attacker can potentially cause named's memory use to grow without bounds until all memory available to the process is exhausted. Typically a server process is limited as to the amount of memory it can use but if the named process is not limited by the operating system all free memory on the server could be exhausted."
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5744",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5744"
            }
        ]
    },
    "solution": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Upgrade to a version of BIND containing a fix for the memory leak.\n\n >=   BIND 9.11.5-P4\n >=   BIND 9.12.3-P4\n"
        }
    ],
    "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
    }
}