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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-3139 json

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled DNSSEC validation.

published 2019-04-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12280

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response.

Patch / fix

  • bind RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
  • bind-sdb RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
  • bind-libs RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
  • bind-utils RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
  • bind-chroot RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
  • bind RHEL 6.7 EUS 32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
  • bind RHEL 6.2 MISSION_CRITICAL 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.9
  • bind RHEL 6.4 AUS 32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.12

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1582RHSA-2017:1202

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-2017-3139 updated cvss 7.5

bind: assertion failure in DNSSEC validation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind, bind97
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1202
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) bind 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
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1202
  • 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-chroot 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1582
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1202
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2) bind 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-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-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-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-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 (v. 6) bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1202
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  • 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 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 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.11 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
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.6) bind-sdb 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-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-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 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.62.rc1.el6_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1202
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot, bind-pkcs11, +6 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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

Affected products

  • Red Hat BIND

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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