named in ISC BIND 9.9.9-P4, 9.9.9-S6, 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and…

published 2017-01-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9964

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 24.6%; EPSS 24.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 0; none known

named in ISC BIND 9.9.9-P4, 9.9.9-S6, 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.0-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a response containing an inconsistency among the DNSSEC-related RRsets.

Patch / fix

distros 6 links 1

debian ubuntu red hat suse alpine arch linux

bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9147

bind9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.11
bind9 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9147

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12
bind RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12
bind-sdb RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
bind-libs RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12
bind-libs RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
bind-utils RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12
bind-utils RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1582 RHSA-2017:1583 RHSA-2017:0063 RHSA-2017:0064 RHSA-2017:0062

bind SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +7 more 9.9.6P1-0.36.1
bind SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 9.9.9P1-53.1
bind SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 9.9.9P1-28.26.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0112-1 SUSE-SU-2017:0111-1 SUSE-SU-2017:0113-1

bind Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +20 more 9.10.4_p5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-9147

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

bind Arch Linux 9.11.0.P2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-132

kb.isc.org/article/AA-01440/74/CVE-2016-9147 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9147 updated 2026-05-06 cvss 7.5

bind: assertion failure while handling a query response containing inconsistent DNSSEC information

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.10, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.10, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) bind 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-sdb 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-libs 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-utils 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-chroot 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) bind 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2) bind 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-sdb 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-libs 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-utils 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9, bind-chroot 9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4) bind 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) bind 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.2) bind 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-sdb 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-libs 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-utils 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-chroot 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-29.el7_2.6, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, bind-pkcs11 9.9.4-38.el7_3.1, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0062

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Exploit prediction

24.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

kb.isc.org /article/AA-01440/74/CVE-2016-9147
patch, vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201708-01
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1582
vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3758
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1583
vendor-advisory
rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0064.html
vendor-advisory
rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0063.html
vendor-advisory
rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0062.html
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1037582
vdb-entry
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20180926-0005/
securityfocus.com /bid/95390
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-9147
NVD CVE-2016-9147

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary