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    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.

    Published:Dec 18, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 30, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.01301
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isc
    Product
    Bind
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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