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CVE-2016-2776: hp hp-ux Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-2776SUSE-SU-2016:2399-1SUSE-SU-2016:2401-1
Published 28-09-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2776 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in hp hp-ux. EPSS estimates a 89.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (Metasploit, 27-09-2016)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
89.48%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2exploit-database, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1
DLA-645-1DSA-3680-1MGASA-2016-0332OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1RHSA-2016:2099

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

89.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 89.48% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databasedosmultipleUnverified

    ISC BIND 9 - Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteUnverified

    BIND TSIG Query Denial of Service

    auxiliary/dos/dns/bind_tsig

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat23 products
  • bind< 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9 | < 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.1 | < 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.4
  • bind-chroot< 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9 | < 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.1 | < 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.4
  • bind-debuginfo< 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9 | < 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.1 | < 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.4
  • bind-devel< 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9 | < 32:9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.1 | < 32:9.9.4-29.el7_2.4
  • bind-libbind-devel< 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.9
Suse16 products
  • bind&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 9.9.9P1-46.1
  • bind&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 9.9.6P1-0.30.1
  • bind&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS< 9.9.6P1-0.30.1
  • bind&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS< 9.9.6P1-0.30.1
  • bind&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA< 9.9.6P1-0.30.1
Oracle3 products
Alpine1 product
  • bind< 9.10.4_p3 | < 9.10.4_p3-r0
Debian1 product
  • bind9< 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-11
Hp1 product
Isc1 product
  • bind≤ 9.9.9 | 9.10.0 | 9.10.0:a1 | 9.10.0:a2 | 9.10.0:b1 | 9.10.0:b2 | 9.10.0:p1 | 9.10.0:p2 | 9.10.0:rc1 | 9.10.0:rc2 | 9.10.1 | 9.10.1:b1 | 9.10.1:b2 | 9.10.1:p1 | 9.10.1:p2 | 9.10.1:rc1 | 9.10.1:rc2 | 9.10.2:b1 | 9.10.2:p1 | 9.10.2:p2 | 9.10.2:p3 | 9.10.2:p4 | 9.10.2:rc1 | 9.10.2:rc2 | 9.10.3 | 9.10.3:b1 | 9.10.3:p1 | 9.10.3:p2 | 9.10.3:p3 | 9.10.3:p4 | 9.10.3:rc1 | 9.10.4:p2 | 9.10.4:p3 | 9.11.0:a1 | 9.11.0:a2 | 9.11.0:a3 | 9.11.0:b1 | 9.11.0:b2 | 9.11.0:b3 | 9.11.0:rc1
Ubuntu1 product
  • bind9< 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.9 | < 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.1

8 vendors · 47 products

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