5.9

CVE-2017-3140: isc bind Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-3140UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3140
Published 16-01-2019Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-3140 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in isc bind. EPSS estimates a 12.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.23%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

If named is configured to use Response Policy Zones (RPZ) an error processing some rule types can lead to a condition where BIND will endlessly loop while handling a query. Affects BIND 9.9.10, 9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

12.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 12.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
12.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netapp3 products
Isc2 products
  • bind≥ 9.11.0, ≤ 9.11.1 | 9.9.10 | 9.9.10:s1 | 9.10.5 | 9.10.5:s1
  • bind 99.9.10, 9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1
Alpine1 product
  • bind≥ 9.11.0, < 9.11.3-r0
Ubuntu1 product
  • bind9< 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14 | < 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6

4 vendors · 7 products

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