CVE-2017-3138

named contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

• CWE-617

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01471Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180802-0002/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3854Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01471Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180802-0002/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3854Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 16, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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