CVE-2015-8705

Publication date 19 January 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3, when debug logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit, or daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via (1) OPT data or (2) an ECS option.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
bind9	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

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Notes

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Versions affected are 9.10.0 through 9.10.3-P2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.0 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01336
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8705