# CVE-2015-8704: apl\_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-01-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145680832702035&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2874-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0073.html
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01335
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00019.html
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3449
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00022.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0074.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00025.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175977.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175973.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034739
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01380
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00020.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00023.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176564.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81329

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