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TI-2016-01917 Aliases CVE-2016-2088GHSA-8f3h-84p6-655j

resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.22715 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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 · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 a1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 a2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 b1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 b2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 p1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 p2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 rc1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.0 rc2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1VulnerableISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 a1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 a2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 b1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 b2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 p1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 p2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 Vulnerable ·ISC
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 b1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 b2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 p1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 p2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 rc1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.1 rc2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 b1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 p1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 p2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 p3VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 p4VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 rc1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.2 rc2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3 b1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3 p1VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3 p2VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3 p3VulnerableISC
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10.3 rc1VulnerableISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 b1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 b2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 p1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 p2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 b1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 p1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 p2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 p3 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 p4 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 rc1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.2 rc2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 b1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 p1 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 p2 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 p3 Vulnerable ·ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10.3 rc1 Vulnerable ·ISC

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2088
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8f3h-84p6-655j

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

  • TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-07476 A second vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-06910 A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-02320 buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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