Description
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.
Published: 2016-07-19
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 43.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-645-1 bind9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3680-1 bind9 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5747-1 Bind vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.38518}

epss

{'score': 0.34225}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
Hp Hp-ux
Isc Bind
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.813Z

Reserved: 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2775

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-19T22:59:00.147

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2775

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2775 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses