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CVE-2018-5742 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5742	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-617	Reachable Assertion	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
isc bind	>= 9.9.4-65, <= 9.9.4-72
CPE cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]