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Checkpoint

ISC BIND TKEY Query Response Assertion Failure Denial of Service (CVE-2016-9131)

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in ISC BIND. The vulnerability is due to a defect that can cause named service to exit with an assertion failure while processing a crafted DNS response packet. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted response to the vulnerable server. Successful exploitation could lead to denial-of-service condition.