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CVE-2018-5740

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 59.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Its EPSS score suggests a 59.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE
CVE-2018-5740
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
59.62%

Original NVD Description

"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.

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