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TI-2015-04823 Aliases CVE-2015-5722GHSA-q4fr-6j5h-39h7

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows…

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 27 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P3 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by creating a zone containing a malformed DNSSEC key and issuing a query for a name in that zone.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.34929 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 27 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 9.9.7VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 9.10.2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.15VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.9.7 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.10.2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.15 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:0079 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-utils-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4.ppc, bind-sdb-32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.4
  • RHSA-2016:0078 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) bind-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) bind-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4) bind-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-sdb-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) bind-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-sdb-32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2
  • RHSA-2015:1705 Released 2015-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-libs-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-libs-lite-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-chroot-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-libs-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-libs-lite-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-chroot-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-utils-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-utils-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.ael7b_1.5, bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-chroot-32:9.9.4-18.ael7b_1.5 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4.ppc, bind-sdb-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.ael7b_1.5, bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5.ppc +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) bind-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-chroot-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-libs-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-chroot-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-libs-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind-devel-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4, bind-sdb-32:9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-lite-devel-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5, bind-sdb-32:9.9.4-18.el7_1.5 +1
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2015:1706 Released 2015-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4, bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4.i386, bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4.ia64 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4, bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4.i386, bind-libs-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4, bind-chroot-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4, bind-chroot-30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.4.i386 +6
  • RHSA-2015:1707 Released 2015-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    bind97 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3, bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3.i386, bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3, bind97-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3.i386, bind97-chroot-32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.3 +7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2015:1706, RHSA-2015:1707
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2015:1706
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2015:1706, RHSA-2015:1707
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4)Fixed RHSA-2016:0078
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5)Fixed RHSA-2016:0078
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4)Fixed RHSA-2016:0078
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5)Fixed RHSA-2016:0078
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1705

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5722
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4fr-6j5h-39h7

References

Advisory 22

Other 13

Sources

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